Lauw sits below 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.2%)
One-person households: 27% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lauw is home to 887 residents in 400 households, by the 2023 Census. 3.8% 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.
What stands out about the people of Lauw
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lauw had 938 residents at the 2012 census and 887 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Lauw behind 89% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Lauw is over 49.9, older than 83% 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
■ Lauw 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Lauw comes in at 28%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Lauw has more couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 27%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Only 5% of households have no car in Lauw
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
With second homes at 0.5%, Lauw is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. Flats account for 11%.
Median standard of living: €28,560 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 €28,560 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 44%, a higher share than 91% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 18% in Lauw and 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
Only 2.4% of residents are immigrants in Lauw
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Lauw, 1.9%. That is lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Set beside that, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 55% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lauw
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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 887 to 2,582 people
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.
Around Lauw, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauw | 49.9 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 1.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Thann 7,762 · 5.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 5.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 8.1 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 9.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Offemont 4,051 · 9.7 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.1% | 13% |
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 Lauw
What is the population of Lauw?
887 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (938).
How old are Lauw’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lauw?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lauw?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lauw?
€28,560 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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