Stetten has an area,, of. Of this area, 45.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.3% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
Stetten has a population of 1,084, of which 16.7% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population,, 47.3% are from Germany, 10.2% are from Italy, 2.7% are from Serbia, 0.5% are from Macedonia, 0.5% are from Turkey, and 38.7% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 42.1%. Most of the population speaks German, with English being second most common and Danish being third. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25.9% of the population, while adults make up 59.6% and seniors make up 14.5%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP, and the SP . In Stetten about 87.9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. In Stetten,, 3.31% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 8.04% attend a Primary School, 4.64% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.6% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 20.3% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 60.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
Stetten has an unemployment rate of 0.84%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 22 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 62 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 20 businesses in this sector. the mid year average unemployment rate was 1.1%. There were 32 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 24.5% of the population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 75.5% were involved in the third. At the same time, 55.5% of the working population was employed full-time, and 44.5% was employed part-time. There were 110 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.4% of the workforce. there were 62 residents who worked in the municipality, while 319 residents worked outside Stetten and 43 people commuted into the municipality for work. , there is 1 restaurant and the hospitality industry in Stetten employs 2 people.
