35% of households are couples with children, more than in 92% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Buethwiller has 30%. At the 2023 Census, 240 people lived in the town, in 96 households. 7.3% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Buethwiller
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Buethwiller had 261 residents at the 2012 census and 240 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Buethwiller: −8%
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 +6%; the six to 2023, −13%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
A median age of 48.3: Buethwiller is older than 76% 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
■ Buethwiller 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). For Buethwiller, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 94% 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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Buethwiller has 5%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Fewer households without a car than 66% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Buethwiller comes in at 3.7%. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. 7.4% of homes stand empty.
€27,690 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,690 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Buethwiller sits above 64% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (35%)
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. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.5%, below 72% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Single residents: 19%, below 94% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Buethwiller, less than in 55% 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
In Buethwiller, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Buethwiller, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buethwiller | 48.3 | 23% | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 4.8 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 7.5 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 8 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 9.1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 9.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 10.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
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 Buethwiller
What is the population of Buethwiller?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (261).
How old are Buethwiller’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buethwiller?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buethwiller?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% 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 Buethwiller?
€27,690 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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