More couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 38%
The share of flats is 6.8%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Rimsdorf had 287 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. For Rimsdorf, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 27%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Rimsdorf
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rimsdorf had 314 residents at the 2012 census and 287 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Rimsdorf has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −7% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns, at 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rimsdorf 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rimsdorf’s residents are over 45.3, older than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.8% 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
One-person households: 27%, below 89% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
In Rimsdorf, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% of compared French towns
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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 6.3%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,530 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €25,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Rimsdorf, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 62% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are headed by a retired person here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 married residents is 50% in Rimsdorf and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Rimsdorf
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: a fifth of the total. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 287 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Rimsdorf, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimsdorf | 45.3 | 20% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 1.7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 6.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 10.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 11.4 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 12.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 12.8 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 Rimsdorf
What is the population of Rimsdorf?
287 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (314).
How old are Rimsdorf’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rimsdorf?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rimsdorf?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rimsdorf?
€25,530 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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