A median age of 52.4: Gottenhouse is older than 90% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of households have no car in Gottenhouse. Single-parent households make up about one in 33 here (3%). Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 366 residents in 170 households.
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 Gottenhouse
An older town
Half of Gottenhouse’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gottenhouse had 392 residents at the 2012 census and 366 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gottenhouse changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 92% 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 Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −5%.
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Gottenhouse 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Gottenhouse. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Gottenhouse ranks below 84% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Gottenhouse has more couples with children than 71% of compared French towns, at 29%.
Gottenhouse ranks below 86% of compared French towns on flats: 11%
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
Turnover: 6.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 36% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 3.1% of households have no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A median standard of living of €32,900 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.
Living standards centre on €32,900 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Gottenhouse sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Gottenhouse is below 65% of compared French towns. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gottenhouse ranks below 88% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.3%
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 figure for immigrants is 4.6% in Gottenhouse and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gottenhouse: 53% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Gottenhouse has 19%. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education: 39% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 366 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Gottenhouse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gottenhouse | 52.4 | 26% | 0% | 4.6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 1.4 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 2.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 5.4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 6.9 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 8.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
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 Gottenhouse
What is the population of Gottenhouse?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (392).
How old are Gottenhouse’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gottenhouse?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gottenhouse?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gottenhouse?
€32,900 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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