A smaller share of flats than 89% of compared French towns: 8.5%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 28% of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Census day 2023: 664 residents and 290 households in Petersbach. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Petersbach has 6%.
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.
Slower growth than 71% of compared French towns: Petersbach changed by ±0% since 2012
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: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Half of Petersbach is over 48.4, older than 76% 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
■ Petersbach 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Petersbach, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 12% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Petersbach has more couples with children than 52% of compared French towns, at 26%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
A higher share of second homes than 76% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes: nearly a tenth of the total. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,320 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.
Half of Petersbach’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Petersbach ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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
In Petersbach, 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
Here 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Against that, 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 76% of compared French towns: 47%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Petersbach ranks below 73% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 664 to 2,582 people
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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Petersbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petersbach | 48.4 | 26% | 4.8% | 2.9% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 9.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 9.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 10.1 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 12.1 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Petersbach
What is the population of Petersbach?
664 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (666).
How old are Petersbach’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Petersbach?
16, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Petersbach?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Petersbach?
€25,320 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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