The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Bars wavy Argent.
Demographics
Malapalud has a population of 68. Most of the population speaks French, with German being second most common and Portuguese being third. Of the population in the village 29 or about 47.5% were born in Malapalud and lived there in 2000. There were 11 or 18.0% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 23.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 or 11.5% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 was an increase of 15 and the non-Swiss population increased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 22.7%. , there were 24 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 34 married individuals, 1 widow or widower and 2 individuals who are divorced. There were 5 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 22 households that answered this question, 22.7% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 8 married couples without children, 9 married couples with children. there were 3 single-family homes out of a total of 14 inhabited buildings. There were 5 multi-family buildings and along with 6 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing. Of the single-family homes 0 were built before 1919, while 1 was built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes were built before 1919 and the next most were built between 1919 and 1945. there were 29 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 2 rooms of which there were 7. There were 0 single room apartments and 10 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 22 apartments were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments were seasonally occupied. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray ImageSize = width:1080 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:88 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:20 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:4 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark: align:center bar:1764 from:start till:44 bar:1764 at:54 fontsize:S text: "11 Hearths" shift: bar:1803 from:start till:49 text:"49" bar:1850 from:start till:58 text:"58" bar:1860 from:start till:66 text:"66" bar:1870 from:start till:88 text:"88" bar:1880 from:start till:75 text:"75" bar:1888 from:start till:69 text:"69" bar:1900 from:start till:58 text:"58" bar:1910 from:start till:70 text:"70" bar:1920 from:start till:56 text:"56" bar:1930 from:start till:58 text:"58" bar:1941 from:start till:69 text:"69" bar:1950 from:start till:58 text:"58" bar:1960 from:start till:55 text:"55" bar:1970 from:start till:56 text:"56" bar:1980 from:start till:51 text:"51" bar:1990 from:start till:48 text:"48" bar:2000 from:start till:61 text:"61"
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 44.52% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the SP and the FDP. In the federal election, a total of 27 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62.8%.
Economy
There were 30 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.7% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 22. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 6, all in the sale or repair of motor vehicles. , there were 15 workers who commuted away from the village.
In Malapalud about 17 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 6 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 6 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.7% were Swiss men, 33.3% were Swiss women. , there were 11 students from Malapalud who attended schools outside the village.
