4.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 31%, above 79% of compared French towns. Higher than in 85% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Dachstein is home to 1,737 residents in 730 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally.
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.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Dachstein behind 61% 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, +6% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dachstein 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.2, Dachstein is younger than 56% of compared French towns. Across Dachstein, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 87% of compared French towns
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Dachstein has fewer single-parent households than 58% of compared French towns, at 9.6%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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
The figure for flats is 33% in Dachstein and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.1% of homes stand empty.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,710 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,710 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, below 69% of compared French towns
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 65% of compared French towns: 4.8% of residents 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Dachstein has 2.8%. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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 larger share of married residents than 77% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Dachstein sits below 90% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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
Here 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,737 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Dachstein
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dachstein | 43.2 | 18% | 0.8% | 4.8% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 1.9 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 2.2 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 2.9 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 3.8 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Achenheim 2,637 · 4.7 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Holtzheim 3,850 · 4.8 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 0.5% | 7.7% |
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 Dachstein
What is the population of Dachstein?
1,737 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,702).
How old are Dachstein’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dachstein?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dachstein?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dachstein?
€30,710 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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