A median age of 53.5: Struth is older than 92% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (9.5%), Struth is below 87% of compared French towns. There were 100 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 213 residents. 4.8% of households are single parents, or about one in 21. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 27% here, more than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Struth
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Struth, 19% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Struth had 255 residents at the 2012 census and 213 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Struth’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 19% of its homes
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
31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.1% moved in within the last two years. At 2.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes is 9.1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −16% since 2012 leaves Struth behind 99% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −15%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8.6% 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
■ Struth 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Struth, 24%.
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%.
Struth ranks below 69% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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 average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many couples with children: 25% here, more than in 51% of compared French towns.
€24,700 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.
Living standards centre on €24,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 87% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person in Struth. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Struth ranks below 88% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.4%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 87% of compared French towns: 1.4%. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Struth sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Struth has 20%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 213 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Struth
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Struth | 53.5 | 24% | 19% | 2.4% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 8.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 9.2 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 11 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 11.7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 12.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 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 Struth
What is the population of Struth?
213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (255).
How old are Struth’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Struth?
27, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Struth?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Struth?
€24,700 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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