22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% of compared French towns
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Laubach. Census day 2023: 311 residents and 130 households in the town. The census found that 5.3% of households have no car locally. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Laubach
An older town
Half of Laubach’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 71% of compared French towns: Laubach changed by ±0% 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
The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A median age of 50.7: Laubach is older than 85% 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
■ Laubach 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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
A third of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
In Laubach, 5.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 77% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 0.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 43%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes tops 63% of compared French towns: 8%.
Median living standard: €32,650 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €32,650 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Laubach sits above 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (22%)
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Laubach has 11%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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 99% of compared French towns, at 59%
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Laubach
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
With graduates of higher education at 34%, Laubach is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 311 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Laubach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laubach | 50.7 | 24% | 5.1% | 1.6% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 2.9 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 4.2 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 4.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 5.3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 5.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 10% |
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 Laubach
What is the population of Laubach?
311 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (312).
How old are Laubach’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laubach?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laubach?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laubach?
€32,650 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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