Bettlach ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.4%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 3.6% of homes are flats here. At the 2023 Census, 300 people lived in Bettlach, in 140 households. One-person households: 28% of the total. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Bettlach
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bettlach had 320 residents at the 2012 census and 300 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bettlach’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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
The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Bettlach 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Bettlach has 25%. Add to that, with a median age of 51.5, Bettlach is older than 88% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 79% 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
With single-parent households at 7.2%, Bettlach is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Bettlach sits above 86% of compared French towns for second homes (8.5%)
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. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Long tenure is the mark of 35% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.6% (under two years). At 7.4%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €45,420 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.
Half of Bettlach’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €45,420 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Here, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 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 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 76% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 61% of residents 15 and over are married
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
14% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
In Bettlach, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 300 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Bettlach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettlach | 51.5 | 25% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 6.4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 6.8 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 7.6 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 8.6 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 9.5 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
| Huningue 7,487 · 9.7 mi | 42 | 19% | 2.4% | 29% |
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 Bettlach
What is the population of Bettlach?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (320).
How old are Bettlach’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bettlach?
14, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bettlach?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bettlach?
€45,420 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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