children living with one or both parents, 2 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 10 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.23%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.5 new units per 1000 residents. there were 156 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 44. There were 3 single room apartments and 44 apartments with six or more rooms. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 67.75% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (7.99%), the CVP (7.4%) and the Green Party (7%). In the federal election, a total of 169 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.9%. The historical population is given in the following table: Economy , Raperswilen had an unemployment rate of 0.86%. , there were 63 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 32 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector. there were 304 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 120 or about 39.5% of the residents worked outside Raperswilen while 29 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 213 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5% used public transportation to get to work, and 46.2% used a private car. Religion From the , 74 or 17.4% were Roman Catholic, while 300 or 70.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Orthodox Church, and there are 13 individuals (or about 3.05% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 2 (or about 0.47% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 1 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 21 (or about 4.93% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 14 individuals (or about 3.29% of the population) did not answer the question. Education In Raperswilen about 69.3% of the population (between