33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Rittershoffen, 28% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 16% here. 6.8% of households have no car, a lower share than in 74% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 928, in 410 households.
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 Rittershoffen
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 53 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 54% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Rittershoffen is older than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rittershoffen 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.8% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Across Rittershoffen, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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
The share of couples with children is 33%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
In Rittershoffen, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 85% 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
6.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 35% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,010 a year to live on
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 Rittershoffen’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,010 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 67% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, nearly one in ten 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).
6.2% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. For Rittershoffen, the census puts immigrants at 7.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 47% in Rittershoffen, more than in 80% 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
Single residents: 25% of the total. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Rittershoffen ranks below 81% of compared French towns on 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Rittershoffen has 22%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Rittershoffen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rittershoffen | 47.2 | 23% | 1.5% | 7.2% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 2.4 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 3.9 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 5.1 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Seltz 3,204 · 6.6 mi | 47.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 9.2 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 9.2 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
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 Rittershoffen
What is the population of Rittershoffen?
928 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (894).
How old are Rittershoffen’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rittershoffen?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rittershoffen?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rittershoffen?
€29,010 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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