A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
The share of single-parent households is 5.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.7% of households have no car. 11% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,382 residents and 620 households in Schleithal.
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 Schleithal
An older town
Half of Schleithal’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Schleithal had 1,461 residents at the 2012 census and 1,382 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Schleithal’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 89% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Schleithal is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Schleithal 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In Schleithal, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Schleithal, less than in 88% 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
By its share of couples with children (29%), Schleithal is above 69% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
A higher share of empty homes than 70% of compared French towns, at 8.7%
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% of households moved in less than two years ago; 42% have been in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Fewer second homes than in three quarters of compared French towns: 1.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,730 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 €30,730 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For Schleithal, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 11%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% 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).
Foreign nationals make up 8.8% in Schleithal, more than in 78% 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 higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 10% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Schleithal sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (58%)
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
Here a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 73% 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 share of adults with no qualification tops 71% of compared French towns: 23%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,382 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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Schleithal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schleithal | 51.7 | 28% | 1.1% | 10% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 5.2 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
| Seltz 3,204 · 7 mi | 47.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 7.9 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 8.9 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 11.7 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Drusenheim 5,388 · 16.2 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.3% |
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 Schleithal
What is the population of Schleithal?
1,382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,461).
How old are Schleithal’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schleithal?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schleithal?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schleithal?
€30,730 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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