Liechtenstein lives in 17 600 households – Liechtenstein
VADUZ – On the cut-off date of the 2020 census on December 31, 2020, the country had 39 055 inhabitants in 17 594 households. This is announced by the Statistical Office. 36 percent of these households were single-person households, 27 percent couple households with children and 26 percent couple households without children. Children resp. According to statistics, under 20-year-olds made up 20 percent of the population.
66 percent of the population had Liechtenstein citizenship. Of these, 71 percent had been Liechtenstein citizens since birth, and 28 percent had citizenships other than Liechtenstein. Of the foreigners, 16 percent were born in Liechtenstein, 84 percent abroad. According to the Statistics Office (AS), 92 percent of the population had German as their main language, and 73 percent of the residents spoke the Liechtenstein dialect at home or with members of the population.
Of the 17,562 apartments occupied by private households, 47 percent had five or more rooms and 41 percent had three or four rooms. 47 percent of the apartments occupied were owner-occupied apartments, 50 percent rented apartments.
Big household are back
The numbers of the most recent 2020 census showed continuations in many areas of developments that the AS had already observed in the 2010 and 2015 censuses. So the proportion of the population who lives in households with three or more people is still 60 and was still 55 percent in 2020, after he believed it was percent in 2010 and 57 percent in 2015. The proportion of residents aged 15 and over who had three or more children was also falling and was 19 percent in 2020, compared with 21 percent in 2010. On the other hand, the proportion of people with two children was steadily increasing, from 26 percent in 2010 to 28 percent in 2020, while the proportion of childless people has changed little.
The proportion of the population aged 15 and over with a tertiary qualification (university, technical college, higher technical school, higher technical and vocational training) has increased significantly, from 23 percent in 2010 to 30 percent in 2020. The proportion of people with basic vocational training As the highest degree, according to AS, changes only slightly and is around 36 percent and 35 percent respectively in 2010, 2015 and 2020.
Detailed results will follow next year
These and other facts can be found in the brochure “2020 Census – First Results”. They are based on preliminary, provisional figures, the AS announced. The detailed final results of the census would be released in the course of 2022.
You can find the first results of the 2020 census here.