Editing Orbe (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Casino Orbe.JPG|thumb|Casino Orbe]]
[[File:Orbe 11.JPG|thumb|Part of the old city of Orbe]]
[[File:Orbe 2.JPG|thumb|Newer buildings in Orbe]]
Orbe has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5757}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}}  {{as of|2008}}, 28.6% of the population is 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}} accessed 19 June 2010.</ref>  Over the years 1999–2009, the population has changed at a rate of 25.8%, 22.1% due to migration and 4.3% 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] accessed 29 July 2011.</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (4,229 or 82.3%), with [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] being second-most common (255 or 5.0%) and [[German language|German]] being third (161 or 3.1%).  There are 128 people who speak [[Italian language|Italian]] and four people who speak [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Orbe is 674 children (11.3%) up to 9 years old and 781 youth (13.1%) between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 862 people (14.5%) are between 20 and 29 years old, 848 people (14.2%) are between 30 and 39, 920 people (15.4%) are between 40 and 49, and 754 people (12.7%) are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 493 people (8.3%) between 60 and 69 years old, 378 people (6.3%) between 70 and 79, 216 people (3.6%) between 80 and 89, and 31 people (0.5%) 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, 2,103 people were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 2,441 married individuals, 304 widows or widowers, and 291 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=2013-08-09 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, 2,073 private households were in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/>  The 687 households had only one person and 120 households had five or more people.  Of a total of 2,108 households that answered this question, 32.6% were households made up of just one person and 16 were adults who lived with their parents.  Of the rest of the households, 578 were married couples without children, 642 were married couples with children, and 120 were single parents with a child or children.  Thirty households were made up of unrelated people and 35 households were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, 529 of a total of 968 inhabited buildings were single family homes (54.6%).  There were 222 multifamily buildings (22.9%), along with 154 multipurpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.9%) and 63 other-use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.5%).<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=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 1,934 apartments (84.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 208 apartments (9.1%) were seasonally occupied, and 141 apartments (6.2%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 5.4 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.18%.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2540|Orbe}}</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=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011.</ref>
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