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

Luterbach is first mentioned in 1052 as lutere Bach, though this identification is disputed.

[3] Luterbach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.52 square kilometers (1.75 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, south-east of the confluence of the Aare and Emme rivers.

Due to constant flooding risk from the flat topography and changes in the course of the Emme, the municipality now stands about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the river.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bar wavy Azure and in chief a Mullet of Five of the same.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,818 or 90.6%), with Italian being second most common (89 or 2.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (60 or 1.9%).

[10] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Luterbach is; 223 children or 7.2% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 468 teenagers or 15.0% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (121) were built between 1946 and 1960.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.93% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,024 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.1%.

[9] There were 1,692 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 202 or 40.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 114 or 22.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 4.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 2.4% were in the information industry, 4 or 0.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 17 or 3.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 28 or 5.5% were in education and 63 or 12.5% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,268 or 40.7% were Roman Catholic, while 1,008 or 32.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

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

All the lower secondary students from Luterbach attend their school in a neighboring municipality.