Only 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Valff
4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In 2023, the Census found 1,357 residents in Valff, living in 600 households. Across Valff, 6.7% of households are single parents. Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car.
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.
Valff’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 46.4: Valff is older than 66% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valff 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Valff has 10%. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Valff, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 82% 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: 29%, below 82% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Empty homes make up 9.2% in Valff, more than in 74% 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
At 1.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. For Valff, the census puts flats at 19%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,060 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.
At €28,060 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 36%, Valff is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Valff, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
The share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Valff ranks below 71% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Here, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,357 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Valff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valff | 46.4 | 23% | 1.5% | 2.8% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Barr 7,057 · 3.4 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 4.6 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 4.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 5.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
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 Valff
What is the population of Valff?
1,357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,226).
How old are Valff’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valff?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valff?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valff?
€28,060 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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