Hölstein is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Hölstein has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.03 square kilometers (2.33 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Hölstein, the settlements of Gründen and Holdenweid and 15 individual farm houses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, an Eagle displayed Argent fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Or.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,889 or 91.2%), with Italian language being second most common (45 or 2.2%) and Albanian being third (42 or 2.0%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Hölstein is; 160 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 382 teenagers or 16.3% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (117) were built between 1971 and 1980.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.53% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 773 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.2%.

[8] There were 1,080 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 668.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 411 of which 297 or (72.3%) were in manufacturing and 112 (27.3%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 72 or 31.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 20 or 8.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 23 or 9.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 13 or 5.6% were in the information industry, 2 or 0.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 18 or 7.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 26 or 11.2% were in education and 11 or 4.7% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 409 or 19.7% were Roman Catholic, while 1,140 or 55.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[16] Hölstein is served by the Waldenburg narrow gauge railway, which operates a quarter-hourly train service to Liestal.