Demographics Of Schwendau

Schwendau is a municipality and settlement in the Austrian state of Tyrol within the Schwaz district. Situated in the wilderness of the Zillertal valley, it is bordered by the Zillertal Alps, a nature reserve with eighty glaciers and many lakes. Schwendau boasts a 17.36 km2 land area and over 1,700 population.

Population and Population Change

As of January 1, 2018 Schwendau has a population of 1,725. Given a population of 1,717 last year, this marks a 0.5% rise over then.

From 1971, when there were 1,114 residents, Schwendau’s population has been gradually rising. Every decade has seen positive population increase; the 1990s saw a peak of 18.9% While it declined in the 2000s and 2010s, the population increase rate stayed greater than Tyrol area and Austrian averages.

The Statistics Austria website states that Schwendau’s population is predicted to rise going forward: 1,800 by 2030 and 1,900 by 2050.At a pace of about 1% year, the population is predicted to rise somewhat faster than both the Tyrol region and Austria overall.

Age and Gender Structure

The median age of the population was 38.1 years, somewhat below Austria overall (42.4 years) and the Tyrol area (41.3 years).

With 50.5% females and 49.5% men, the population was gender balanced.

The population consisted in five age groups: 0–14 years (16.2%), 15–29 years (18.6%), 30–44 years (20.8%), 45–59 years (21.9%), and 60+ years (22.5%).

45–59 years had the most population proportion; followed by 60+ years and 30–44 years.

0–14 years had the lowest population proportion among the age groups; 15–29 years came second.

Family and Household Structure

At 2.6 persons, the average household size was somewhat larger than Austria generally (2.2 people) and the Tyrol region (2.3 persons).

Forty-4% of households had two persons; followed by three (23.4%), and four (19.1%).

Most homes consisted in one person (11.7%), five individuals (4.3%), or six or more persons (1.1%).

The bulk of families (54.7%) were married couples with children; followed by married couples without children (24.5%), and single parents with children (10.6%).

The most often occurring families were unmarried couples without children (3.2%), unmarried couples with children (5.3%), and other kinds of families (1.7%).

Education and Employment

Comprising three levels of educational attainment—mandatory education or less (32.5%), secondary education (48.7%), and tertiary education (18.8%), the population 15 and above had

Particularly in terms of tertiary education, the population aged 15 and above had rather lower educational attainment than the Tyrol area and Austria overall.

Three groups defined by employment status included the population aged 15 and above: active (29.3%), unemployed (3.1%), and employed (67.6%).

Regarding unemployment, the job situation of those 15 years of age and above was rather better than in the Tyrol region and Austria overall.

The bulk of the population’s economic activity was agriculture, forestry, and fishing (9.4%), industry and construction (25.9%), commerce and tourism (28.2%), services (32.4%), and others (4.1%).

With a somewhat larger share of agriculture, forestry, and fishing and a somewhat lower share of services, the economic activity of the population aged 15 and up was comparable to that of the Tyrol region and Austria generally.