Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.4%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Soultz-les-Bains has 5.1%. At 18%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 942 residents locally, living in 430 households. Roughly two in ten: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 73% 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
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −1% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soultz-les-Bains 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 65% of compared French towns: 20%. By contrast, half of Soultz-les-Bains’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 68% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
28% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 18% are single parents with their children (10%). The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Flats make up 37% in Soultz-les-Bains, more than in 60% 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
The share of second homes trails 77% of compared French towns: 1.1%. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6.1% of homes stand empty.
€30,360 a year: the median 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Only 25% of households are headed by a retired person in Soultz-les-Bains
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, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. As a yardstick, 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).
Below 73% of compared French towns: 4.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Soultz-les-Bains sits above 52% of compared French towns for single residents (26%)
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 share of married residents stands at 43%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 90% 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 graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Soultz-les-Bains sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soultz-les-Bains | 44.7 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 2.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 2.8 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 3.1 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 3.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 4.7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 5 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
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 Soultz-les-Bains
What is the population of Soultz-les-Bains?
942 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (949).
How old are Soultz-les-Bains’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soultz-les-Bains?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soultz-les-Bains?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soultz-les-Bains?
€30,360 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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