or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.74%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.4 new units per 1000 residents. there were 628 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 5 room apartment of which there were 191. There were 19 single room apartments and 162 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Basadingen-Schlattingen was 1182.87 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$950, £530, €760 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 760.00 CHF (US$610, £340, €490), a two-room apartment was about 687.50 CHF (US$550, £310, €440), a three-room apartment was about 1193.71 CHF (US$950, £540, €760) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1380.44 CHF (US$1100, £620, €880). The average apartment price in Basadingen-Schlattingen was 106.0% of the national average of 1116 CHF. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 55.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (11.25%), the SP (9.7%) and the CVP (9.01%). In the federal election, a total of 586 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.0%. The historical population is given in the following table: Economy , Basadingen-Schlattingen had an unemployment rate of 1%. , there were 186 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 53 businesses involved in this sector. 249 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 32 businesses in this sector. 200 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 40 businesses in this sector. there were 1,077 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 553 or about 51.3% of the residents worked outside Basadingen-Schlattingen while 286 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 810 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 11.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 49.6% used a private car. Religion From the , 416 or 27.2% were Roman Catholic, while 765 or 50.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 4 individuals (or about 0.26% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 53 individuals (or about 3.47% of the population) who belong to another Christian