| Subject Name: | Volken |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Canton: | Zurich |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-ZH |
| Coordinates: | 47.5833°N 46°W |
| Postal Code: | 8459 |
| Municipality Code: | 0043 |
| Area: | 3.21 |
| Elevation: | 406 |
| Website: | www.volken.ch |
Volken is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Volken has an area of 3.3km2. Of this area, 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.1% is forested. The rest of the land, (6.7%) is settled.
Volken has a population (as of) of ., 6.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 15%. Most of the population speaks German (93.7%), with Albanian being second most common (3.7%) and Portuguese being third (0.7%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 60.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.4%), the CSP (11.2%) and the SPS (9.1%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.9%. In Volken about 90.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Volken has an unemployment rate of 0.21%., there were 46 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 1 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.[1]