Wil (Wahlkreis)

Wil Wahlkreis Wil
Constituency
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
Area
• Total	145.29 km2 (56.10 sq mi)
Population (December 2015)
• Total	74,543
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	10

Wil is a district of the canton of St.Gallen, Switzerland. It is named after the regional centre Wil, which is the largest city of the district. The district capital is Jonschwil.

The Wil District had a population of 74,543 as of 31 December 2015. Of the foreign population as of 2000^[update], 947 were from Germany, 2,336 were from Italy, 6,127 were from ex-Yugoslavia, 439 were from Austria, 820 were from Turkey, and 2,029 were from other countries. Also as of 2000^[update], 58,596 people spoke German, 196 people spoke French, 1,494 people spoke Italian, and 81 people spoke Romansh.

The age distribution as of 2000^[update] in the Wil district was: 8,617 (13.0%) were 0-9 years old; 9,137 (13.8%) were 10-19; 8,318 people (12.5%) were 20-29 years old; 10,883 people (16.4%) were 30-39; 9,599 people (14.5%) were 40-49; and 8,018 people (12.1%) were 50-59. The population distribution above 60 years of age was: 5,433 (8.2%) were 60-69; 3,908 people (5.9%) were 70-79; 2,102 people (3.2% ) were 80-89; 330 people (0.5%) were aged 90-99; and 5 people were aged 100 or over.

In 2000^[update] there were 8,002 people (12.1% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 14,333 (21.6%) people who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 37,617 (56.7%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 3,380 (5.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there were 399 people who were adult children living with one or both parents. 269 people lived in a household made up of relatives, 444 lived in households made up of unrelated people, and 1,906 were either institutionalized or lived in another type of collective housing.

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