Half of Solbach is over 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Solbach, 8.3% of households are couples with children. At the 2023 Census, 111 people lived locally, in 60 households. The share of flats trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%.
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 Solbach
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Solbach, 31% of its 97 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 77% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Solbach’s residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Solbach ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 31%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Solbach has fewer households without a car than 88% of compared French towns, at 5%. Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Since 2012, Solbach has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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 first five years brought −7%; the six to 2023, +7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Solbach 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 95% of compared French towns: 36%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 17%, a higher share than 98% 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
One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
A median of €27,680 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €27,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Solbach, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 69% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Solbach, 6.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 87% 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
Married residents make up 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Solbach, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Solbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solbach | 58.9 | 36% | 31% | 6.3% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 2.9 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Barr 7,057 · 11.6 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 12.7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 13.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 13.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 13.8 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 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 Solbach
What is the population of Solbach?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (112).
How old are Solbach’s residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.9% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Solbach?
30, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Solbach?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Solbach?
€27,680 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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