Brittnau is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
thumb|Aerial view (1957)
History
Brittnau is first mentioned in 924 as Pritinouva.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.4% is used for growing crops and 14.5% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Demographics
Brittnau has a population () of , 7.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 4.5%. Most of the population () speaks German(96.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%).
The age distribution, , in Brittnau is; 384 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 449 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 407 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 471 people or 12.9% are between 30 and 39, 675 people or 18.5% are between 40 and 49, and 508 people or 14.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 344 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 248 people or 6.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 138 people or 3.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 16 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 60.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 83 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 670 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 564 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. There were a total of 0 empty apartments for a 0.0% vacancy rate.
The historical population is given in the following table: Of the working population, 8.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.3% used a private car.
Education
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Brittnau about 75.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).