A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
Couples with children: 32%, above 83% of compared French towns. Oberlauterbach counted 548 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census. Across Oberlauterbach, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% 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.
Oberlauterbach changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 60% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns, at 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Oberlauterbach 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.3% of households are single parents
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Oberlauterbach has 28%. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Households average 2.3 people.
In Oberlauterbach, 4.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 91% 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
By its share of empty homes (8.3%), Oberlauterbach is above two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 17% of homes are flats, or about one in six. Fewer second homes than in 63% of compared French towns: 1.5%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €31,550 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,550 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Oberlauterbach ranks below 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.4%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 36% in Oberlauterbach and 32% in the typical compared French town. 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).
More immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 15%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 14% of residents are foreign nationals in Oberlauterbach. By way of comparison, 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
20% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 81% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Oberlauterbach, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlauterbach | 48.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 15% |
| Seltz 3,204 · 3.9 mi | 47.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 8.1 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 8.3 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 8.3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 9.7 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Drusenheim 5,388 · 13.9 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.3% |
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 Oberlauterbach
What is the population of Oberlauterbach?
548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (536).
How old are Oberlauterbach’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oberlauterbach?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oberlauterbach?
INSEE counts 81 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 76 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oberlauterbach?
€31,550 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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