Editing Chavannes-près-Renens (section)

==Demographics==
Chavannes-près-Renens has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5627}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}}  {{as of|2008}}, 50.7% 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=June 28, 2010 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010.</ref>  Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 18.2%.  It has changed at a rate of 7.4% due to migration and at a rate of 12% 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=January 5, 2016 }} accessed 22 June 2011.</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (4,454 or 73.5%), with [[Italian language|Italian]] being second most common (387 or 6.4%) and [[German language|German]] being third (277 or 4.6%).  There is 1 person who speaks [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

Of the population in the municipality 861 or about 14.2% were born in Chavannes-près-Renens and lived there in 2000.  There were 1,691 or 27.9% who were born in the same canton, while 977 or 16.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,369 or 39.1% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 37 live births to Swiss citizens and 54 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 24 deaths of Swiss citizens and 6 non-Swiss citizen deaths.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 13 while the foreign population increased by 48.  There were 9 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland and 10 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland.  At the same time, there were 96 non-Swiss men and 78 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 101 and the non-Swiss population increased by 109 people.  This represents a [[Population growth#Population growth rate|population growth rate]] of 3.3%.<ref name=HDS_superweb/>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Chavannes-près-Renens is; 905 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 748 teenagers or 11.3% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 1,140 people or 17.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  1,151 people or 17.4% are between 30 and 39, 922 people or 14.0% are between 40 and 49, and 670 people or 10.2% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 580 people or 8.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 307 people or 4.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 155 people or 2.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 19 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316091212/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 |date=2015-03-16 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 2,729 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 2,778 married individuals, 207 widows or widowers and 349 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/20140409212530/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=April 9, 2014 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 2,611 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 932 households that consist of only one person and 131 households with five or more people.  Out of a total of 2,671 households that answered this question, 34.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 9 adults who lived with their parents.  Of the rest of the households, there are 658 married couples without children, 767 married couples with children.  There were 152 single parents with a child or children.  There were 93 households that were made up of unrelated people and 60 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 66 single family homes (or 25.8% of the total) out of a total of 256 inhabited buildings.  There were 108 multi-family buildings (42.2%), along with 61 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (23.8%) and 21 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.2%).  Of the single family homes 23 were built before 1919.  The greatest number of single family homes (27) were built between 1919 and 1945.  The most multi-family homes (26) were built before 1919 and the next most (23) were built between 1971 and 1980.<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=September 7, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 2,824 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 1,138.  There were 228 single room apartments and 209 apartments with five or more rooms.  Of these apartments, a total of 2,603 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 134 apartments (4.7%) were seasonally occupied and 87 apartments (3.1%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 0.3 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.16%.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2432|Chavannes-près-Renens}}</ref><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=September 30, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011.</ref>
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