A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 27%
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are one person living alone in Rhinau. On households in social housing, Rhinau sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%. 2,723 residents in 1,130 households: that is Rhinau at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 14 here (7%).
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 +1% change since 2012: slower than 64% 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
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +1% to 2023.
A median age of 46.4: Rhinau is older than 66% 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
■ Rhinau 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Rhinau: 28% of households are couples with children, above 63% 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
Just over one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Fewer second homes than 86% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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
7.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 23% of homes are flats. Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€27,170 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 Rhinau is €27,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 8.0% of residents.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Rhinau (32%). Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 60% 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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Locally, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. As a yardstick, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 76% 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
Married residents: 45%, above 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Rhinau sits below 78% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Roughly two in ten: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,689 to 2,758 people), the 20th 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.
The youngest is Trieux (37.7), the oldest Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie (61.9).
Every neighbor is younger than Rhinau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhinau | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 4.2 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 6.2 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 6.4 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 7.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Plobsheim 4,492 · 10.3 mi | 45 | 21% | 1% | 7% |
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 Rhinau
What is the population of Rhinau?
2,723 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,689).
How old are Rhinau’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rhinau?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rhinau?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 97 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rhinau?
€27,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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