Unterstammheim

Unterstammheim
Coat of arms
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Location of Unterstammheim
Coordinates: 47°38′N 8°47′E / 47.633°N 8.783°E / 47.633; 8.783Coordinates: 47°38′N 8°47′E / 47.633°N 8.783°E / 47.633; 8.783
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Andelfingen
Area
• Total	7.25 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	923
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Postal code	8476
SFOS number	0042
Surrounded by	Basadingen-Schlattingen (TG), Diessenhofen (TG), Oberstammheim, Wagenhausen (TG), Waltalingen
Website	www.unterstammheim.ch SFSO statistics

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

Unterstammheim has an area of 7.3 km² (2.8 sq mi). Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Unterstammheim has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 923. As of 2007^[update], 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (16.5%), the FDP (13.5%) and the Green Party (13.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.8%. In Unterstammheim about 84.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).