Households without a car: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Bettendorf has 33%. About one in 21: that is how common single-parent households are in Bettendorf (4.8%). Few places have so few flats: 16% here, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns. This Haut-Rhin town counted 469 residents and 210 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Bettendorf
An older town
Half of Bettendorf’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Haut-Rhin.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bettendorf 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bettendorf is 51.2, higher than in 87% of compared French towns. In Bettendorf, 21% of residents are 65 or over. 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: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 24% in Bettendorf, less than in 96% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Bettendorf.
A larger share of empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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 second homes is 0.9% in Bettendorf and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.7% (under two years). 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.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €34,890 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.
Living standards centre on €34,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Bettendorf has 41%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten 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).
5.2% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 58% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Bettendorf (6.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bettendorf sits above 99% of compared French towns for 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Bettendorf. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 70% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Bettendorf and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Bettendorf
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettendorf | 51.2 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.7% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 3.1 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 7.8 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 9.7 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 9.7 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 10.4 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 10.4 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
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 Bettendorf
What is the population of Bettendorf?
469 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (478).
How old are Bettendorf’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bettendorf?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bettendorf?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bettendorf?
€34,890 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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