Durstel sits above 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (45%)
The share of one-person households trails 91% of compared French towns: 26%. About one in 19: that is how common households without a car are in Durstel (5.3%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Bas-Rhin town had 418 residents in 180 households 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.
+2% since 2012: slower than 63% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 72% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durstel 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Durstel is 45.8, higher than in 61% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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 2.3 people in the average household. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 51% of compared French towns: 25%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats
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 that moved in under two years ago: 5.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 35%. More empty homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 7.8%. 2.8% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,900 a year per consumption unit
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.
The median standard of living in Durstel is €26,900 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 22% in Durstel, more than in 88% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
Immigrants: 2.6%, a lower share than 85% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Durstel comes in at 2.1%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 95% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Durstel. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Durstel ranks above 56% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 32%
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, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (418 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Durstel and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durstel | 45.8 | 26% | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 9.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 10.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 12.5 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 12.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 12.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
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 Durstel
What is the population of Durstel?
418 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (411).
How old are Durstel’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durstel?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durstel?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durstel?
€26,900 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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