Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of second homes (5.8%), Ratzwiller is above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In Ratzwiller, just over one in ten homes are flats. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 21% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 233 residents and 110 households 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 Ratzwiller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ratzwiller had 253 residents at the 2012 census and 233 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ratzwiller’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A median age of 51.4: Ratzwiller is older than 87% 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
■ Ratzwiller 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over in Ratzwiller.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 66% of compared French towns: 28%
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 37% in Ratzwiller and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 38% have been in their home 30 years or more. In Ratzwiller, nearly one in ten households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
€27,190 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Ratzwiller is €27,190 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Ratzwiller comes in at 8%. As a yardstick, 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).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns
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.
3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ratzwiller sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Ratzwiller. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 29%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (26%), Ratzwiller is below 66% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Ratzwiller is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratzwiller | 51.4 | 27% | 5.8% | 3.4% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 10.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 10.8 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 11.9 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 12.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 13.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Ratzwiller
What is the population of Ratzwiller?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (253).
How old are Ratzwiller’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ratzwiller?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ratzwiller?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ratzwiller?
€27,190 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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