16% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bendorf, 5.3%. At the 2023 Census, 245 people lived in the town, in 100 households. The share of households without a car stands at 2.1%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-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 Bendorf
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bendorf’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 69% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +13% to 2023.
Older than 67% of compared French towns: half of Bendorf is over 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bendorf 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bendorf, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5.3%, a lower share than 98% 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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Few places have so few couples with children: 16% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 92% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. On the census count, 8% of homes are second homes. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Bendorf comes in at 7.5%.
A median standard of living of €34,420 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 €34,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
5.3% of Bendorf’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bendorf ranks above 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 11%
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.
7.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Bendorf ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Bendorf. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bendorf
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Bendorf has 17%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bendorf sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bendorf
What is the population of Bendorf?
245 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (223).
How old are Bendorf’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bendorf?
10, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bendorf?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bendorf?
€34,420 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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