Half of Obersteinbach is over 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Obersteinbach has 4.8%. 52% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 234 people lived in the town, in 110 households. In Obersteinbach, 4.3% of households are single parents.
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 Obersteinbach
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Obersteinbach, 30% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Obersteinbach (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Obersteinbach’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 30% of its homes
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
4.1% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Obersteinbach, 4.6% of households have no car.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 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
The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Obersteinbach 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Obersteinbach has 34%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 73% 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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Obersteinbach has 21%. Households here average 2.1 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
The median resident lives on €25,430 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,430 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Obersteinbach ranks above 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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).
Obersteinbach sits above 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (21%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (18%), Obersteinbach is above 95% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Married residents make up 57% in Obersteinbach, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Obersteinbach
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 28%, Obersteinbach is behind 56% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Obersteinbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obersteinbach | 55.6 | 34% | 30% | 21% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 6.1 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 7.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 9.3 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 11.4 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 11.7 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 11.8 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
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 Obersteinbach
What is the population of Obersteinbach?
234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (237).
How old are Obersteinbach’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Obersteinbach?
51, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Obersteinbach?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Obersteinbach?
€25,430 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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