 Most of the population () speaks German (279 or 96.2%), with Albanian being second most common (5 or 1.7%) and English being third (3 or 1.0%)., the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female.The population was made up of 266 Swiss citizens (96.0% of the population), and 11 non-Swiss residents (4.0%) Of the population in the municipality 128 or about 44.1% were born in Hemmiken and lived there in 2000.