Oberbronn sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.3%)
The share of empty homes tops 84% of compared French towns: 11%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 24% here, more than in 95% of compared French towns. Oberbronn’s 590 households held 1,404 residents at the 2023 Census. 5.1% of homes are second homes, or about one in 20.
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 Oberbronn
Fewer residents than in 2012
Oberbronn had 1,507 residents at the 2012 census and 1,404 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Oberbronn’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Oberbronn behind 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
A median age of 51.2: Oberbronn is older than 87% 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
■ Oberbronn 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Residents aged 65 and over: 28% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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 smaller share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns: 30%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.4% in Oberbronn. More couples with children than in 62% of compared French towns: 27%. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats
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
Of all households, 5.8% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Oberbronn has fewer households without a car than 52% of compared French towns, at 10%.
Median living standard: €27,550 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.
At €27,550 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
At 33%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4% in Oberbronn, less than in 74% 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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 3.3%.
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 92% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
For Oberbronn, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 50% and 4.5%, and 9% are widowed.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Oberbronn, less than in 77% 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
In Oberbronn, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,404 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Oberbronn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberbronn | 51.2 | 28% | 5.1% | 4% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 1.8 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 2.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 3.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 6.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 6.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 7.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
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 Oberbronn
What is the population of Oberbronn?
1,404 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,507).
How old are Oberbronn’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oberbronn?
36, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oberbronn?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oberbronn?
€27,550 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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