Second homes make up 40% in Albé, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Albé comes in at 32%. The town had 473 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census. For Albé, the census puts households without a car at 5.8%. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Albé
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Albé, 40% of its 380 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 10% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 1.5%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Here 39% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Empty homes account for 5.5%.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Albé behind 64% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Albé 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.9, Albé is older than 74% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in 80% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,960 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Albé’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Albé ranks above 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
On the census count, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.9% of Albé’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, below 93% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, below 90% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 47% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 53% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, a higher share than in 50% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Albé is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albé | 47.9 | 22% | 40% | 1.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 6.6 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 6.9 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Barr 7,057 · 6.9 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 8.9 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 9.4 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 9.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Albé
What is the population of Albé?
473 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (467).
How old are Albé’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albé?
150, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albé?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albé?
€28,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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