Lausanne

===Population===
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|colspan="3"|'''Largest groups of foreign residents 2013'''<ref name=StatVDfr>{{cite web |title=Population totale par région du monde et selon la nationalité, 1979–2013 |url=http://www.scris.vd.ch/Data_Dir/ElementsDir/3058/13/F/01.02.05.xls |publisher=Contrôle des Habitants de la Ville de Lausanne / StatVD, canton de Vaud |format=XLS |type=Statistics |language=fr |website=Scris-lausanne.vd.ch/LS_pop_residante |date=23 January 2014 |access-date=8 August 2014 |quote=data from December 2013}}</ref>
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!Nationality || Number || % total<br />(foreigners)
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|Portugal || 10,081 || 7.2 (17.2)
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|France || 9,968 || 7.2 (17.0)
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|Italy || 6,326 || 4.5 (10.8)
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|Spain || 4,558 || 3.3 (7.8)
|-
|Kosovo || 2,318 || 1.7 (4.0)
|-
|Germany || 1,377 || 1.0 (2.4)
|-
|Turkey || 934 || 0.7 (1.6)
|-
|United Kingdom || 859 || 0.6 (1.5)
|-
|Brazil || 840 || 0.6 (1.4)
|-
|Ecuador || 828 || 0.6 (1.4)
|}

Lausanne has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5586}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2013}}, 42% of the population were resident foreign nationals.<ref name=StatVDfr/> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 9.9%. It has changed at a rate of 8.3% due to migration and at a rate of 2.6% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date= 5 January 2016 }}. Retrieved 21 June 2011.</ref> The population of the greater Lausanne area (''grand Lausanne'') is 402,900 (as of December 2014).<ref name=Agglomeration/>

Of the population in the municipality, 58% or 80,828 have a Swiss citizenship, while 16,908 or 12.1% are from Lausanne and still lived there in December 2013. There were 27,653 or 19.8% who are from somewhere else in the same canton, while 36,276 or 26.0% have a Swiss citizenship in another canton. 58,9562 or 42.0% have a foreign citizenship.<ref name=StatVDO>{{cite web |url=http://www.scris.vd.ch/Data_Dir/ElementsDir/2570/24/F/01.02.01.xls |format=XLS |type=Statistics |title=Population totale selon l'origine, 1979–2013 |language=fr |publisher=Contrôle des Habitants de la Ville de Lausanne / StatVD, canton de Vaud |website=Scris.vd.ch |date=23 January 2014 |access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2000, most of the population spoke French (98,424 or 78.8%), with German being second most common (5,365 or 4.3%) and Italian being third (4,976 or 4.0%). There were 62 people who speak [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 840 live births to Swiss citizens and 623 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 862 deaths of Swiss citizens and 127 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 22 while the foreign population increased by 496. There were 9 Swiss men and 57 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2230 non-Swiss men and 1802 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 883 and the non-Swiss population increased by 2221 people. This represents a [[population growth rate]] of 2.6%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981–2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=28 June 2010 }}. {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 19 June 2010.</ref>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Lausanne is; 11,818 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 12,128 or 9.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 21,101 people or 16.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 22,158 people or 17.6% are between 30 and 39, 18,016 people or 14.4% are between 40 and 49, and 13,940 people or 11.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 11,041 people or 8.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 8,277 people or 6.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 5,896 people or 4.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 1,171 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316091212/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 |date=16 March 2015 }}. {{in lang|fr}} Retrieved 29 April 2011.</ref>

[[File:Lausanne 1.jpg|thumb|View from Rue du Grand-Pont]]
{{as of|2000}}, there were 58,100 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 48,990 married individuals, 7,797 widows or widowers and 10,027 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date= 9 August 2013 }}. {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 2 February 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000}} the average number of residents per living room was 0.64 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room.<ref name=SFSO/> In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least {{convert|4|m²|1|abbr=on}} as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.<ref>{{cite book |author=Eurostat |title=Urban Audit Glossary |chapter=Housing (SA1) |version=2007 |chapter-url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/international/22/lexi.Document.116365.pdf |page=18 |access-date=12 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114023016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/international/22/lexi.Document.116365.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> About 6.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a [[Mortgage loan|mortgage]] or a [[rent-to-own]] agreement).<ref>Urban Audit Glossary p. 17.</ref>

[[File:Stair to Lausanne cathedral IMG 6529.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Stairs]] (''escaliers du marché'') in the old city.]]

{{as of|2000}}, there were 62,258 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 31,205 households that consist of only one person and 2,184 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 63,833 households that answered this question, 48.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 306 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 13,131 married couples without children and 11,603 married couples with children. There were 3,883 single parents with a child or children. There were 2,130 households that were made up of unrelated people, and 1,575 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 1,833 single family homes (or 23.1% of the total) out of a total of 7,925 inhabited buildings. There were 3,634 multi-family buildings (45.9%), along with 1,955 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (24.7%) and 503 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.3%). Of the single family homes 324 were built before 1919, while 153 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (498) were built between 1919 and 1945. The most multi-family homes (933) were built before 1919 and the next most (906) were built between 1919 and 1945. There were 180 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date= 7 September 2014 }}. {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 28 January 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 69,383 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 22,408. There were 9,579 single room apartments and 7,388 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 61,056 apartments (88.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6,840 apartments (9.9%) were seasonally occupied and 1,487 apartments (2.1%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 2.1 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2003}} the average price to rent an average apartment in Lausanne was 1064.08 [[Swiss franc]]s (CHF) per month (US$850, £480, €680 approx. exchange rate from 2003). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 597.46 CHF (US$480, £270, €380), a two-room apartment was about 792.33 CHF (US$630, £360, €510), a three-room apartment was about 1044.64 CHF (US$840, £470, €670) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 2024.55 CHF (US$1620, £910, €1300). The average apartment price in Lausanne was 95.3% of the national average of 1116 CHF.<ref name=BFS_rent>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Rental prices] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423161803/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html |date=23 April 2010 }} 2003 data. {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 26 May 2010.</ref> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.17%.<ref name=SFSO/>