Étoy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Etoy has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.9 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi) or 26.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,951 or 85.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (118 or 5.2%) and German being third (93 or 4.1%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Etoy is; 339 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 435 teenagers or 16.1% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Etoy is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] The village was among several early tile making centres in Vaud, and a line of chestnut trees leads from the site of the former tuilerie to a quay at the lake.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 23.92% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 544 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.4%.

[9] There were 1,183 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.1% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,388.

In the tertiary sector; 487 or 46.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 63 or 6.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 52 or 5.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 14 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 5 or 0.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 65 or 6.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 0.9% were in education and 305 or 29.4% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 801 or 35.0% were Roman Catholic, while 920 or 40.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[19] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.

[18] GEMS World Academy Switzerland was located in Etoy, but is now closed.