Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 1.9%
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of homes stand empty here. At the 2023 Census Otterswiller was home to 1,309 people in 570 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 42% locally, about four in ten. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.2% here, fewer than in 95% 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.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 84% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Otterswiller is over 49, older than 79% 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
■ Otterswiller 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of Otterswiller’s residents are 65 or older, against 22% in the median Bas-Rhin town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Otterswiller
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
The figure for couples with children is 30% in Otterswiller and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households have no car
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
Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%. Across Otterswiller, 14% of homes are flats.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,520 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 €29,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns: 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 manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The census found that 5.7% of residents are immigrants in Otterswiller.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Otterswiller ranks above 96% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Otterswiller and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Otterswiller sits below 82% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Otterswiller has 37%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,309 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Otterswiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterswiller | 49 | 26% | 2.5% | 5.7% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 1.1 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 4.8 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 5.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 6.9 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 8.1 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
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 Otterswiller
What is the population of Otterswiller?
1,309 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,363).
How old are Otterswiller’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Otterswiller?
15, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Otterswiller?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Otterswiller?
€29,520 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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