Steinerberg

Steinerberg is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

Steinerberg
Coat of arms
Location of Steinerberg
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Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°35′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schwyz
District	Schwyz
Area [1]
• Total	6.9 km^2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation	625 m (2,051 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[2]
• Total	946
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Postal code	6416
SFOS number	1374
Surrounded by	Arth, Lauerz, Sattel, Steinen, Unterägeri (ZG), Zug (ZG)
Website	www.steinerberg.ch SFSO statistics

Geography

Aerial view (1953)

Steinerberg has an area, as of 2006, of 6.9 km² (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3]

Demographics

Steinerberg has a population (as of 31 December 2018) of 946.[4] As of 2007, 6.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[5] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.1%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).[3]

As of 2000 the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. The age distribution, as of 2008, in Steinerberg was:[5]

age	count	%
0-19	267	29.8
20-39	265	29.6
40-64	228	25.4
65-74	53	5.7
70-79	53	5.9
>80	32	3.6

As of 2000 there were 272 households, of which 52 households (or about 19.1%) contained only a single individual. 27 or about 9.9% were large households with at least five members.[5]

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (25.2%), the FDP (11.5%) and the SPS (7.9%).[3]

In Steinerberg about 61.5% of the population (between age 25-64) had completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3]

Steinerberg has an unemployment rate of 0.73%. As of 2005, there were 122 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 45 businesses involved in this sector. 59 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 115 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 14 businesses in this sector.[3]

From the 2000 census, 719 or 80.2% were Roman Catholic, while 54 or 6.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 14 individuals (or about 1.56% of the population) who belonged to the Orthodox Church, and there were less than 5 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 23 (or about 2.57% of the population) who were Islamic. There were less than 5 individuals who belonged to another church (not listed on the census), 44 (or about 4.91% of the population) belonged to no church, were agnostic or atheist, and 40 individuals (or about 4.46% of the population) did not answer the question.[5]

The historical population is given in the following table:[6]

year	population
1950	445
1960	446
1970	518
1980	526
1985	588
1990	690
2000	860
2005	890
2007	875

See also

• Steinerberg railway station

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 31-Aug-2009
4. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
5. Canton Schwyz Statistics Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 27 August 2009
6. Steinerberg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.