Below 98% of compared French towns: 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Fellering’s population at 1,569, in 760 households. The census found that nearly one in ten homes are second homes locally. 7.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 88% 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 Fellering
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fellering had 1,704 residents at the 2012 census and 1,569 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fellering changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Fellering is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fellering 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 78% of compared French towns: 28%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fellering sits below 59% of compared French towns for couples with children (23%)
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
Households average 2.1 people. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Fellering, 36% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing make up 7.4% in Fellering, less 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
Households without a car: 9.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7% of homes stand empty.
A median standard of living of €27,020 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,020 a year: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Fellering: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 86% 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
Only 3.3% of residents are immigrants in Fellering
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 lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 97% 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
By its share of single residents (19%), Fellering is below 95% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Fellering, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,569 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Fellering, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fellering | 50.5 | 28% | 8.8% | 3.3% |
| Cornimont 3,027 · 8.1 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% | 5.8% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 8.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Thann 7,762 · 8.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| La Bresse 3,853 · 8.9 mi | 56.6 | 35% | 54% | 2.9% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 9.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 10 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
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 Fellering
What is the population of Fellering?
1,569 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,704).
How old are Fellering’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fellering?
79, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fellering?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fellering?
€27,020 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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