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Mels in 2019. Sarganserland
Wahlkreis has a population of (as of ). Of the foreign population, (), 373 are from Germany, 854 are from Italy, 3,171 are from ex-
Yugoslavia, 220 are from Austria, 350 are from Turkey, and 1,090 are from another country. Of the Swiss national languages (), 31,401 speak German, 112 people speak French, 651 people speak Italian, and 157 people speak
Romansh. there were 4,066 persons (or 11.5% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 7,011 (or 19.8%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 20,538 (or 58.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 1,799 (or 5.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 273 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 177 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 187 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 1,288 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. Out of the total population in the Sarganserland, , the highest education level completed by 8,304 people (23.5% of the population) was
Primary, while 12,775 (36.1%) have completed
Secondary, 3,059 (8.7%) have attended a
Tertiary school, and 1,656 (4.7%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. ==Economy==