Villars-Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.

The Order of St John owned the old village church and a hospital which is mentioned in records from before 1272.

[3] Villars-Sainte-Croix has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.7 square kilometers (0.66 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 37.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, a Maltese Cross counterchanged.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (530 or 88.0%), with Italian being second most common (31 or 5.1%) and German being third (25 or 4.2%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villars-Sainte-Croix is; 71 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 73 teenagers or 10.8% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.71% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 183 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.0%.

[9] There were 323 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 213 or 51.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 72 or 17.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 3.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 77 or 18.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 1.7% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 234 or 38.9% were Roman Catholic, while 252 or 41.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 803 children of which 502 children (62.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.