Etziken is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Etziken has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.38 square kilometers (1.31 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, on the Solothurn-Herzogenbuchsee in the hills created from a terminal moraine.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Water Tower Argent issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (755 or 96.4%), with French being second most common (6 or 0.8%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.6%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Etziken is; 59 children or 7.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 135 teenagers or 17.2% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (31) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 30.9% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 324 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.3%.

[8] There were 421 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.7% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 438.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 369 of which 356 or (96.5%) were in manufacturing and 10 (2.7%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 14 or 29.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 10.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 6.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 8 or 17.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 6.4% were in education and 6 or 12.8% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 397 or 50.7% were Roman Catholic, while 274 or 35.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.