Malters is first mentioned in second half of the 9th Century as in Maltrensi marcha. In 1238 it was mentioned as villa Malters.
Geography
Malters has an area of. Of this area, 64.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.5% is settled and the remainder is non-productive., 24.54% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 60.55% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.17% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.73% is covered with buildings, 0.88% is industrial, 0.39% is classed as special developments, 0.25% is parks or greenbelts and 3.29% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.04% is unproductive standing water, 1.12% is unproductive flowing water and 0.07% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located about from Lucerne along both sides of the Kleine Emme river. It consists of the village of Malters and, until 1845, the now independent municipality of Schwarzenberg.
Demographics
Malters has a population of., 8.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.4%. Most of the population speaks German, with Albanian being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 30.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP, the SVP and the SPS. The age distribution in Malters is; 1,707 people or 26.6% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,707 people or 26.6% are 20–39 years old, and 2,111 people or 32.9% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 651 people or 10.1% are 65–79 years old, 207 or 3.2% are 80–89 years old and 34 people or 0.5% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Malters about 69.2% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. there are 2,197 households, of which 615 households contain only a single individual. 307 or about 14.% are large households, with at least five members. there were 997 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 700 were built only as housing, and 297 were mixed use buildings. There were 407 single family homes, 138 double family homes, and 155 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two or three story structures. There were only 31 single story buildings and 90 four or more story buildings. Malters has an unemployment rate of 1.25%., there were 427 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 141 businesses involved in this sector. 1106 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 79 businesses in this sector. 1115 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 141 businesses in this sector. 49.5% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 39.7% of the workforce. the religious membership of Malters was; 4,651 were Roman Catholic, and 584 were Protestant, with an additional 63 that were of some other Christian faith. There are 4 individuals who are Jewish. There are 235 individuals who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 62 individuals who belong to another religion, 305 who do not belong to any organized religion, 223 who did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following graph: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray ImageSize = width:1080 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:7500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1250 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:250 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark: align:center bar:1695 from:start till:1630 text:"1630" bar:1798 from:start till:2658 text:"2658" bar:1837 from:start till:3282 text:"3282" bar:1850 from:start till:3524 text:"3524" bar:1900 from:start till:3108 text:"3108" bar:1950 from:start till:4155 text:"4155" bar:2000 from:start till:6127 text:"6127" bar:2018 from:start till:7315 text:"7315"
