Dimbsthal sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (15%)
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Dimbsthal, 6%. One-person households account for 23%. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 81% of compared French towns. The town’s 140 households held 326 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
Faster growth than 65% of compared French towns: Dimbsthal changed by +9% since 2012
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 population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dimbsthal 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 64% of compared French towns: 20%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 15% in Dimbsthal, more than in 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Dimbsthal has 28%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Dimbsthal ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 1.3% of the total. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€29,550 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,550 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 26% in Dimbsthal, more than in 98% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 0.9% in Dimbsthal, less than in 95% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Dimbsthal. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
60% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 326 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Dimbsthal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimbsthal | 49.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 1.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 4.6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 4.6 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 7.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 7.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
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 Dimbsthal
What is the population of Dimbsthal?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (300).
How old are Dimbsthal’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dimbsthal?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dimbsthal?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dimbsthal?
€29,550 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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