Schlossrued is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Geography

thumb|left|View from Bänkel Pass to Schlossrued

Schlossrued has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 16.6% is used for growing crops and 41.7% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

Demographics

Schlossrued has a population () of , 6.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -7.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).

The age distribution, , in Schlossrued is; 77 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 136 teenagers or 15.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 86 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 107 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 159 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 129 people or 14.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 73 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 75 people or 8.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 3.5% are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 or older.

, there were 20 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 118 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 171 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.76 individuals. There were a total of 4 empty apartments for a 1.2% vacancy rate. Of the working population, 7.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.6% used a private car.

References

  • Official website