Udligenswil has an area of. Of this area, 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.9% is settled and the remainder is non-productive., 22.72% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 60.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.76% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.76% is covered with buildings, 0.48% is industrial, 0.64% is classed as special developments, and 3.04% is transportation infrastructure.
Demographics
Udligenswil has a population of., 8.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.3%. Most of the population speaks German, with Albanian being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third. The following chart presents historical population of the municipality: Colors= id:darkgrey value:gray ImageSize = width:auto height:320 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:40 bottom:20 right:35 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width: 25 mark: align:center bar:1798 from:start till:400 text:"400" bar:1816 from:start till:452 text:"452" bar:1837 from:start till:502 text:"502" bar:1850 from:start till:522 text:"522" bar:1860 from:start till:516 text:"516" bar:1870 from:start till:509 text:"509" bar:1880 from:start till:565 text:"565" bar:1888 from:start till:606 text:"606" bar:1900 from:start till:561 text:"561" bar:1910 from:start till:525 text:"525" bar:1920 from:start till:549 text:"549" bar:1930 from:start till:587 text:"587" bar:1941 from:start till:571 text:"571" bar:1950 from:start till:601 text:"601" bar:1960 from:start till:541 text:"541" bar:1970 from:start till:675 text:"675" bar:1980 from:start till:1226 text:"1226" bar:1990 from:start till:1662 text:"1662" bar:2000 from:start till:1851 text:"1851" bar:2010 from:start till:2186 text:"2186" bar:2011 from:start till:2189 text:"2189" bar:2012 from:start till:2196 text:"2196" bar:2013 from:start till:2174 text:"2174" bar:2014 from:start till:2262 text:"2262" bar:2015 from:start till:2278 text:"2278" bar:2016 from:start till:2285 text:"2285" bar:2017 from:start till:2279 text:"2279" In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 27.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the CVP and the Green Party. The age distribution in Udligenswil is; 542 people or 25.6% of the population is 0–19 years old. 494 people or 23.3% are 20–39 years old, and 812 people or 38.3% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 225 people or 10.6% are 65–79 years old, 40 or 1.9% are 80–89 years old and 5 people or 0.2% of the population are 90+ years old. In Udligenswil about 79.1% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. there are 663 households, of which 135 households contain only a single individual. 76 or about 11.5% are large households, with at least five members. there were 426 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 364 were built only as housing, and 62 were mixed use buildings. There were 285 single family homes, 45 double family homes, and 34 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two or three story structures. There were only 36 single story buildings and 16 four or more story buildings. Udligenswil has an unemployment rate of 1.19%., there were 92 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 33 businesses involved in this sector. 65 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 16 businesses in this sector. 126 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 46 businesses in this sector. 54.8% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.4% of the workforce. the religious membership of Udligenswil was; 1,306 were Roman Catholic, and 276 were Protestant, with an additional 36 that were of some other Christian faith. There are 1 individuals who are Jewish. There are 34 individuals who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 5 individuals who belong to another religion, 136 who do not belong to any organized religion, 57 who did not answer the question.
