Oberrieden is first mentioned between 1133 and 1167 as Obrendrieden.
Geography
Oberrieden has an area of. Of this area, 15.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 40.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. housing and buildings made up 27.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest. Of the total unproductive area, water made up 0.7% of the area. 42.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located on the left side of Zurich Lake. It stretches from the Sihl to Zurich Lake.
Demographics
Oberrieden has a population of. , 15.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.6%. Most of the population speaks German , with English being second most common and Italian being third. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SPS and the CSP. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 20.1% of the population, while adults make up 62.4% and seniors make up 17.5%. In Oberrieden about 88% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. There are 2133 households in Oberrieden. Oberrieden has an unemployment rate of 2%. , there were 50 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 69 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 569 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 138 businesses in this sector. 69.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 30.8% were employed part-time. there were 1460 Catholics and 2135 Protestants in Oberrieden. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the, 50.2% were some type of Protestant, with 47.7% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.6% belonging to other Protestant churches. 28.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 3% belonged to another religion, 3.2% did not give a religion, and 14.3% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:
