Steige ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
In Steige, a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common one-person households are in Steige (28%). Fewer households without a car than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%. The town counted 623 residents and 260 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Steige
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Steige, 15% of its 350 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 75% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Steige
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
7.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 15%, the share of flats is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. By its share of empty homes (8.9%), Steige is above 72% of compared French towns.
Steige changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 58% 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 ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Only 8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Steige
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Steige 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.4, Steige is older than 52% of compared French towns. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Steige (20%). The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Steige sits above 69% of compared French towns for single-parent households (11%)
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 average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. More couples with children than in 56% of compared French towns: 26%.
A median standard of living of €25,570 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.
Half of Steige’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Steige ranks below 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.7%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (19%), Steige is above 79% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 9.4% of 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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 lower than in 98% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Steige: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 66% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (623 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Steige
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steige | 44.4 | 20% | 15% | 1.3% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 7.6 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 8.4 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 9.8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 9.9 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Barr 7,057 · 10.3 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 12 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Steige
What is the population of Steige?
623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (606).
How old are Steige’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Steige?
53, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Steige?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Steige?
€25,570 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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