Muralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Muralto has an area, as of 1997[update], of 0.6 square kilometers (0.23 sq mi).

It lies along Lake Maggiore and is bordered by the Ramogna and Rabissale streams.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (68.4%), with German being second most common (19.9%) and Macedonian being third (2.8%).

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 4 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 25 people.

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Muralto is; 177 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 185 teenagers or 6.6% are between 10 and 19.

[7] The historical population is given in the following table:[12] The Collegiata Di S. Vittore, the Grand Hotel and the Vicus at via della Collegiata/via del Municipio are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 30.17% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 834 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.0%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,897 registered voters in Muralto, of which 998 or 52.6% voted.

[7] There were 1,123 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% of the workforce.

[17] From the 2000 census[update], 1,713 or 64.0% were Roman Catholic, while 365 or 13.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education.

The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college.

The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields.