Editing Meilen (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Meilen - FS Schwan - Zürichsee - Pfannenstiel - FS Horgen 2014-05-23 18-01-27.JPG|thumb|Meilen at Lake Zürich]]
Meilen has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-ZH}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-ZH|0156}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-ZH}}  {{as of|2007}}, 16.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.  {{as of|2008}} the gender distribution of the population was 47.6% male and 52.4% female.  Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.2%.  Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German  (87.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.4%) and English being third ( 1.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 34.1% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (23.1%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (15.2%) and the [[Christian Social Party (Switzerland)|CSP]] (10%).

{| class="wikitable floatright"
|-
! year
! population <ref name=HDS>{{HDS|111|Meilen}}</ref>
|-
| 1634
|  1,107
|-
| 1697
|  1,590
|-
| 1799
|  3,034
|-
| 1850
|  3,065
|-
| 1900
|  3,213
|-
| 1950
|  5,992
|-
| 1970
|  9,881
|-
| 2000
|  11,480
|-
|}

The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.1%.  In Meilen about 83.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').  There are 5315 households in Meilen.<ref name=StatZurich/>

Meilen has an unemployment rate of 2.06%.  {{as of|2005}}, there were 151 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 41 businesses involved in this sector.  1514 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 93 businesses in this sector.  3418 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 482 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 10-Aug-2009</ref>  {{as of|2007}} 43% of the working population were employed full-time, and 57% were employed part-time.<ref name=StatZurich>[http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/daten/gemeindeportraet.html Statistics Zürich] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 August 2009</ref>

{{as of|2008}} there were 3217 [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]] and 5337 [[Protestant Reformation|Protestants]] in Meilen.  In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories.  From the {{as of|2000|alt=census}}, 49.9% were some type of Protestant, with 47.9% belonging to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]] and 2% belonging to other Protestant churches.  26.5% of the population were Catholic.  Of the rest of the population, 3% were Muslim, 5.3% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3% did not give a religion, and 14.7% were atheist or agnostic.<ref name=StatZurich/>