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

[3] Hüniken has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.01 square kilometers (0.39 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, on a ground moraine.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Fir Tree issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

[5] Hüniken has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 153, all Swiss citizens.

[10] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Hüniken is; 4 children or 6.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 8 teenagers or 11.9% are between 7 and 19.

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 34.29% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 57 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 73.1%.

[7] There were 44 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.4% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 6.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 46 or 68.7% were Roman Catholic, while 15 or 22.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[8] As of 2000[update], there were 6 students from Hüniken who attended schools outside the municipality.