Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 1.8%
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Betschdorf comes in at 26%. The town had 4,231 residents in 1,820 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone locally. Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car.
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.
Betschdorf changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 57% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Betschdorf 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Betschdorf is 45.6, higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Betschdorf, 9%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Flats make up 22% in Betschdorf, less than in 64% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Betschdorf has 1.1%. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 31% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns.
€27,280 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €27,280 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Betschdorf sits below 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.9%)
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 33%, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.8% of residents in Betschdorf are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Betschdorf (5.8%). On foreign nationals, 4.2% here is much the same as 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.
Betschdorf ranks above 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Single residents: 21% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification account for 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 20th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,199 to 4,261 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (35.8), the oldest Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (65.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Betschdorf, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betschdorf | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 5.4 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 7.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 8.1 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Seltz 3,204 · 8.9 mi | 47.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Bischwiller 12,242 · 9.3 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 15% |
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 Betschdorf
What is the population of Betschdorf?
4,231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (4,100).
How old are Betschdorf’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Betschdorf?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Betschdorf?
INSEE counts 250 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Betschdorf?
€27,280 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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