Of the rest of the land, 9.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the agricultural land, 60.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.76% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 5.76% is covered with buildings, 0.48% is industrial, 0.64% is classed as special developments, and 3.04% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (94.8%), with Albanian being second most common (1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (1.0%).

The following chart presents historical population of the municipality:In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 27.5% of the vote.

[4] In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Udligenswil was; 1,306 (70.6%) were Roman Catholic, and 276 (14.9%) were Protestant, with an additional 36 (1.94%) that were of some other Christian faith.