Truttikon


Truttikon is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

Truttikon has an area of. Of this area, 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.

Demographics

Truttikon has a population of. , 3.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.2%. 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 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties, the SPS and the FDP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 29.7% of the population, while adults make up 58.9% and seniors make up 11.5%. In Truttikon about 86.3% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Truttikon has an unemployment rate of 0.77%. , there were 71 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.