1.7% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
5.6% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Nothalten had 409 residents in 180 households at the 2023 Census. For Nothalten, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 2.8%. At 8.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 84% 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 Nothalten
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nothalten had 460 residents at the 2012 census and 409 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nothalten’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Half of Nothalten is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Nothalten 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Nothalten.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 28%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
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
Long tenure is the mark of 42% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.4% (under two years). Few places have so few flats: 11% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 4.9% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €28,780 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 median standard of living in Nothalten is €28,780 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
In Nothalten, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 80% 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Nothalten, 0.5%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Nothalten ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 62%
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 Nothalten, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 409 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nothalten is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nothalten | 51.8 | 28% | 4.9% | 0.7% |
| Barr 7,057 · 3.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 4.5 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 5.7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 6.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 7.3 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 8 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Nothalten
What is the population of Nothalten?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (460).
How old are Nothalten’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nothalten?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nothalten?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nothalten?
€28,780 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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