Of the rest of the land, 18.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2009[update], of the agricultural land, 54.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.26% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 6.03% is covered with buildings, 3.9% is industrial, 1.42% is classed as special developments, 1.06% is parks or greenbelts and 4.96% is transportation infrastructure.

The municipality is located in the Ron valley along the road between Lucerne and Cham.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (90.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.6% of the vote.

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Dierikon was; 900 (70.4%) were Roman Catholic, and 168 (13.1%) were Protestant, with an additional 25 (1.95%) that were of some other Christian faith.