Lussy-sur-Morges - Demographics

Demographics

Lussy-sur-Morges has a population (as of December 2011) of 596. As of 2008, 15.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.3%. It has changed at a rate of 7.9% due to migration and at a rate of -7.2% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (507 or 87.7%), with German being second most common (26 or 4.5%) and English being third (20 or 3.5%). There are 3 people who speak Italian.

Of the population in the municipality 124 or about 21.5% were born in Lussy-sur-Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 217 or 37.5% who were born in the same canton, while 110 or 19.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 118 or 20.4% were born outside of Switzerland.

In 2008 there were 3 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 3 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population remained the same in 2008 and the non-Swiss population increased by 6 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.1%.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Lussy-sur-Morges is; 67 children or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 87 teenagers or 15.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 50 people or 8.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 58 people or 10.0% are between 30 and 39, 97 people or 16.7% are between 40 and 49, and 83 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 78 people or 13.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 40 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 17 people or 2.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 229 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 298 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 24 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 64.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

As of 2000, there were 189 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household. There were 30 households that consist of only one person and 23 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 193 households that answered this question, 15.5% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 56 married couples without children, 95 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 4 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 75 single family homes (or 61.0% of the total) out of a total of 123 inhabited buildings. There were 27 multi-family buildings (22.0%), along with 13 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.6%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.5%). Of the single family homes 9 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (30) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (9) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 3 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.

In 2000 there were 189 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 59. There were 5 single room apartments and 88 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 176 apartments (93.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (4.2%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (2.6%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 12 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: