Editing Visp (section)

== Demographics ==
Visp has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VS}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VS|6297}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VS}}  {{as of|2008}}, 19.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name="HDS_superweb">[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981–2008] {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 5.8%.  It has changed at a rate of 4.5% due to migration and at a rate of 1.1% due to births and deaths.<ref name="SFSO">[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office]. Retrieved 4 October 2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (5,778 or 88.2%) as their first language, [[Serbo-Croatian]] is the second most common (192 or 2.9%) and [[Albanian language|Albanian]] is the third (139 or 2.1%).  There are 107 people who speak [[French language|French]], 111 people who speak [[Italian language|Italian]] and 3 people who speak [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000 />

{{as of|2008}}, the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.  The population was made up of 2,671 Swiss men (39.0% of the population) and 713 (10.4%) non-Swiss men.  There were 2,808 Swiss women (41.0%) and 650 (9.5%) non-Swiss women.<ref name="VS_Pop">[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=14752 Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls] {{in lang|de|fr}} Retrieved 24 August 2011</ref> Of the population in the municipality, 2,556 or about 39.0% were born in Visp and lived there in 2000.  There were 2,138 or 32.6% who were born in the same canton, while 588 or 9.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,033 or 15.8% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000 />

{{as of|2000}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%.<ref name=SFSO />

{{as of|2000}}, there were 2,730 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 3,191 married individuals, 378 widows or widowers and 251 individuals who are divorced.<ref name="STAT2000">[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=9 August 2013 }}  {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 2,536 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO /> There were 721 households that consist of only one person and 171 households with five or more people.  {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 2,349 apartments (87.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 257 apartments (9.6%) were seasonally occupied and 66 apartments (2.5%) were empty.<ref name="Housing">[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=7 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 28 January 2011</ref>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 5.4 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO />

{{as of|2003}} the average price to rent an average apartment in Visp was 923.95 [[Swiss franc]]s (CHF) per month (US$740, £420, €590 approx. exchange rate from 2003).  The average rate for a one-room apartment was 436.43 CHF (US$350, £200, €280), a two-room apartment was about 610.65 CHF (US$490, £270, €390), a three-room apartment was about 833.36 CHF (US$670, £380, €530) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 936.90 CHF (US$750, £420, €600).  The average apartment price in Visp was 82.8% of the national average of 1116 CHF.<ref name="BFS_rent">[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Rental prices] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423161803/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html |date=23 April 2010 }} 2003 data {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 26 May 2010</ref> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.95%.<ref name=SFSO />

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850–2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=30 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 29 January 2011</ref>
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