Schleinikon


Schleinikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

Situated in the Wehntal, Schleinikon has an area of. Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.

Demographics

Schleinikon has a population of. , 5.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.4%. Most of the population speaks German , with English being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the CSP and the Green Party.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 27% of the population, while adults make up 63% and seniors make up 10%. In Schleinikon about 84% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Schleinikon has an unemployment rate of 0.92%. , there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 24 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 34 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.