Scherz has an area,, of. Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.8% is settled, or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. 33.0% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 41.8% is used for growing crops and 9.4% is pastures, while 3.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a feather Gules between two other Or all issuant from a Heart Gules. This might be an example of canting, since the heart is part of the name Scherz.
Demographics
Scherz has a population of , 8.3% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has changed at a rate of -1.3%. Most of the population speaks German, with Albanian being second most common and French being third. The age distribution,, in Scherz is; 76 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 77 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 60 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 77 people or 12.5% are between 30 and 39, 121 people or 19.6% are between 40 and 49, and 84 people or 13.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 73 people or 11.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 40 people or 6.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 8 people or 1.3% who are between 80 and 89,and there is 1 person who is between 90 and older. , there were 10 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 86 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 117 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.52 individuals. there were 120 single family homes out of a total of 247 homes and apartments. There were a total of 4 empty apartments for a 1.6% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the Green Party and the CSP. In Scherz about 86.9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Of the school age population, there are 67 students attending primary school in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Scherz had an unemployment rate of 1.89%. , there were 37 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 58 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 303 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 242 or about 79.9% of the residents worked outside Scherz while 28 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 89 jobs in the municipality. Of the working population, 12.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.4% used a private car.
