Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Richtolsheim
Households headed by a retired person make up 20%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Richtolsheim had 383 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Here, 14% of residents are 65 or over. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households have no car.
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 growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 70% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Half of Richtolsheim is under 39.1, younger than 84% 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
■ Richtolsheim 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Richtolsheim has 9.2%.
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%.
Couples with children: 28%, a higher share than 66% 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
Average household size: 2.5 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.9%.
A smaller share of flats than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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. Empty homes account for 8.3%. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The figure for second homes is 3.3% in Richtolsheim and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,280 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 Richtolsheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,280 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Richtolsheim, 2.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Richtolsheim comes in at 35%. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Richtolsheim, 4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 65% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3% in Richtolsheim. As a reference point, 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.
Fewer single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
With married residents at 46%, Richtolsheim is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 77% of compared French towns
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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Richtolsheim. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 383 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Richtolsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richtolsheim | 39.1 | 14% | 3.3% | 4.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 4.6 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 4.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 7.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 8.4 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 9.1 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 9.5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
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 Richtolsheim
What is the population of Richtolsheim?
383 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (348).
How old are Richtolsheim’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Richtolsheim?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Richtolsheim?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Richtolsheim?
€28,280 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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