 In 2015 there were 359 private households in Safiental with an average household size of 2.49 persons.In 2015 about 60.5% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is greater than the percentage in the canton (49.4%) and about the same as the percentage nationally (57.4%).In 2014 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 3.35.