4.3% of households have no car, below 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 5%, below 86% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,544 people lived in Lautenbach, in 690 households. About one in nine: that is how common empty homes are in Lautenbach (11%). Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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.
−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
The median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six +2%.
Half of Lautenbach is over 46.3, older than 65% 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
■ Lautenbach 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Lautenbach. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.8%, a lower share than 82% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lautenbach has fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Lautenbach comes in at 28%.
A lower share of flats than 64% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
At 1.6%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%.
The median resident lives on €28,170 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,170 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Lautenbach: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 59% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lautenbach, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1.8% 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Graduates of higher education: 35%, above 68% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,544 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Lautenbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lautenbach | 46.3 | 22% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 1.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 4.7 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 6.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 7.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
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 Lautenbach
What is the population of Lautenbach?
1,544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,574).
How old are Lautenbach’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lautenbach?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lautenbach?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lautenbach?
€28,170 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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