Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Tieffenbach is over 56.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Tieffenbach had 243 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 8.8% of homes are flats. The share of couples with children trails 90% of compared French towns: 15%.
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 Tieffenbach
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tieffenbach had 282 residents at the 2012 census and 243 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Tieffenbach’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Tieffenbach 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 those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −7% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tieffenbach 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Tieffenbach is above 87% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are one person living alone here. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
Tieffenbach: 8.1% of homes are second homes, above 86% 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 figure for empty homes is 11% in Tieffenbach and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,240 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 €24,240 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Tieffenbach sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Tieffenbach (12%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tieffenbach sits below 76% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.7%)
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 just over three quarters of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 2.5% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Tieffenbach
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
By its share of married residents (46%), Tieffenbach is above 70% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
With adults with no qualification at 29%, Tieffenbach is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 243 to 2,582
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.
Tieffenbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tieffenbach | 56.2 | 30% | 8.1% | 3.7% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 7.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 9.9 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 10.6 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 11.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 12 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 12.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
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 Tieffenbach
What is the population of Tieffenbach?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (282).
How old are Tieffenbach’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tieffenbach?
13, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tieffenbach?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tieffenbach?
€24,240 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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