Photo: francois from Strasbourg, france · CC BY 2.02.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manager or professional at 22%, Kilstett is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 2,607 residents and 1,090 households locally. About one in four: that is how common one-person households are in Kilstett (24%). The median age here is 46.7, higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
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 Kilstett
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.9% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +5% since 2012 leaves Kilstett behind 50% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Kilstett sits below 70% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Kilstett 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Kilstett is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Kilstett, 0.7% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 90% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put flats at 26% in Kilstett. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.3%.
A median of €32,180 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,180 a year: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 6.0%.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 62% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Kilstett has 12%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% 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.
Across Kilstett, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. 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 higher share of married residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 51%
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
The share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Kilstett
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Kilstett comes in at 40%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 2,584 to 2,631 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Bourguébus (34.6), the youngest, and Longeville-sur-Mer (62.9), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Kilstett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilstett | 46.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 5.1% |
| Gambsheim 5,312 · 1.6 mi | 45.5 | 21% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| La Wantzenau 5,864 · 1.7 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.3% |
| Hœrdt 4,570 · 3.7 mi | 45.9 | 20% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Weyersheim 3,512 · 3.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Herrlisheim 4,694 · 4.3 mi | 48 | 24% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Reichstett 4,732 · 5.3 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 11% |
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 Kilstett
What is the population of Kilstett?
2,607 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,489).
How old are Kilstett’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Kilstett?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Kilstett?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 92 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Kilstett?
€32,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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