Below 97% of compared French towns: 2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
In Ottrott, 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The town had 1,620 residents in 720 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
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 Ottrott
An older town
Half of Ottrott’s residents are under 50.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% 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.
Ottrott changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 61% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Ottrott is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ottrott 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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 single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
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
27% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
6.9% of homes in Ottrott are second 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
The figure for flats is 19% in Ottrott and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.4% of households have no car. At 7.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €32,800 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 €32,800 a year: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, a higher share than 66% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 12% in Ottrott and 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of Ottrott’s residents are immigrants
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.
Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. At 4.2%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
In Ottrott, 56% of residents 15 and over are married, 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
The figure for single residents is 18% in Ottrott and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Ottrott sits below 97% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.9%)
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
Just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,620 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Ottrott
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottrott | 50.6 | 26% | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 3 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 3.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 3.7 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Barr 7,057 · 3.9 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 5.4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 5.6 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Ottrott
What is the population of Ottrott?
1,620 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,589).
How old are Ottrott’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ottrott?
59, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ottrott?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ottrott?
€32,800 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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