Demographics Martigny

martigny , surrounding fields

martigny has population (as of december 2016) of 17,998. of 2008, 30.6% of population resident foreign nationals. during 2000–2010, population has increased @ rate of 13.1%. has changed @ rate of 6.7% due migration , @ rate of 3.5% due births , deaths.

most of population (as of 2000) speaks french (12,227 or 85.1%) first language, portuguese second common (602 or 4.2%) , italian third (597 or 4.2%). there 227 people speak german , 9 people speak romansh.

as of 2008, gender distribution of population 48.7% male , 51.3% female. population made of 5,114 swiss men (32.4% of population) , 2,566 (16.3%) non-swiss men. there 5,830 swiss women (37.0%) , 2,268 (14.4%) non-swiss women. of population in municipality 5,162 or 35.9% born in martigny , lived there in 2000. there 3,554 or 24.7% born in same canton, while 1,439 or 10.0% born somewhere else in switzerland, , 3,694 or 25.7% born outside of switzerland.

the age distribution of population (as of 2000) children , teenagers (0–19 years old) make 23.8% of population, while adults (20–64 years old) make 61.3% , seniors (over 64 years old) make 14.8%.

as of 2000, there 5,918 people single , never married in municipality. there 6,723 married individuals, 922 widows or widowers , 798 individuals divorced.

as of 2000, there 6,001 private households in municipality, , average of 2.3 persons per household. there 2,211 households consist of 1 person , 385 households 5 or more people. in 2000, total of 5,766 apartments (84.4% of total) permanently occupied, while 900 apartments (13.2%) seasonally occupied , 168 apartments (2.5%) empty. of 2009, construction rate of new housing units 6.2 new units per 1000 residents. vacancy rate municipality, in 2010, 2.72%.

the historical population given in following chart: