Only 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Pierre-Bois
With households headed by a manual worker at 32%, Saint-Pierre-Bois is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 804 residents locally, living in 350 households. 6.9% of households are single parents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Saint-Pierre-Bois sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 6.6%.
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 Saint-Pierre-Bois
An older town
Half of Saint-Pierre-Bois’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Saint-Pierre-Bois ahead of 59% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Pierre-Bois is over 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Pierre-Bois 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 65% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Pierre-Bois ranks below 96% of compared French towns on flats: 4.8%
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
The share of second homes is 4.4%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Still, on households without a car, Saint-Pierre-Bois sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 4%. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of homes stand empty, or about one in 14.
Standard of living at the median: €30,270 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,270 a year: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Saint-Pierre-Bois sits above 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (37%)
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). By way of comparison, 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 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 54% in Saint-Pierre-Bois and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Pierre-Bois ranks below 94% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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 Saint-Pierre-Bois, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Pierre-Bois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-Bois | 51.6 | 25% | 4.4% | 1.8% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 3.9 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 4.2 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 6.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Barr 7,057 · 6.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 9.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 9.7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Saint-Pierre-Bois
What is the population of Saint-Pierre-Bois?
804 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (751).
How old are Saint-Pierre-Bois’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pierre-Bois?
17, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pierre-Bois?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pierre-Bois?
€30,270 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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