In Lalaye, 33% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, below 98% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in nine here (11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lalaye is home to 481 residents in 230 households, by 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.
What stands out about the people of Lalaye
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lalaye, 33% of its 360 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lalaye’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 3.6% of homes stand empty in Lalaye
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
6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. At 5.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Lalaye’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 75% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Lalaye is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lalaye 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Lalaye, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 13% in Lalaye, more than in 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Lalaye has fewer one-person households than 71% of compared French towns, at 31%. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. With couples with children at 23%, Lalaye is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count.
The median resident lives on €27,830 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Lalaye comes in at 13%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Here, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lalaye, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Lalaye has 1.9%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Lalaye
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 married residents is 43%; Lalaye has 46%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lalaye: 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 74% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 481 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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 Lalaye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalaye | 51.7 | 24% | 33% | 2.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 8.4 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 9.6 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 10.2 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Barr 7,057 · 10.3 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
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 Lalaye
What is the population of Lalaye?
481 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (430).
How old are Lalaye’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lalaye?
120, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lalaye?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lalaye?
€27,830 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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