Alteckendorf: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 8.3%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. 857 residents in 350 households: that is Alteckendorf at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 2.3%. At 24%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Alteckendorf
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.4% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Alteckendorf’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 53% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Alteckendorf ranks below 85% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Alteckendorf 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. The median age in Alteckendorf is 46.1, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Alteckendorf ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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
Single-parent households: 8.4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households have no car
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
With empty homes at 8.9%, Alteckendorf is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. At the same time, on second homes, Alteckendorf sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Long tenure is the mark of 36% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.2% (under two years).
A typical living standard of €29,480 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 residents live in households above €29,480 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Here 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Married residents make up 53%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Alteckendorf sits above 69% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (36%)
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Alteckendorf. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 857 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Alteckendorf, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alteckendorf | 46.1 | 20% | 0.2% | 2.8% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 2.7 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 3.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 5.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 6.4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 6.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 6.4 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
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 Alteckendorf
What is the population of Alteckendorf?
857 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (824).
How old are Alteckendorf’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Alteckendorf?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Alteckendorf?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Alteckendorf?
€29,480 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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