[3] Genthod has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.87 square kilometers (1.11 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 53.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The municipality is located on the right bank of Lake Geneva between Bellevue and Versoix.

It consists of the village of Genthod and the hamlets of Malagny and Creux-de-Genthod.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,582 or 72.9%), with English being second most common (247 or 11.4%) and German being third (96 or 4.4%).

The entire village of Genthod is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.71% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 734 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.0%.

[14] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 1,322 registered voters of which 564 (42.7%) voted.

The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 29.5% of the ballots.

In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes.

[15] For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 1,321 registered voters of which 670 (50.7%) voted.

[8] There were 1,030 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 376 of which 357 or (94.9%) were in manufacturing and 19 (5.1%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 23 or 9.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 10.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 1.7% were in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 16 or 6.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 38 or 16.0% were in education and 107 or 45.1% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 706 or 32.5% were Roman Catholic, while 542 or 25.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes.