18% of homes stand empty, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 291 residents in 140 households: that is Lutter at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 32% of households are headed by a manual worker. The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in Lutter and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lutter
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lutter changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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 change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Lutter is over 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lutter 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
7.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 86% 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
The share of one-person households trails three quarters of compared French towns: 30%. At the same time, 27% of households are couples with children, more than in 59% of compared French towns. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Fewer households without a car than 89% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
7.8% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Fewer flats than in 58% of compared French towns: 25%. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median of €39,370 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 €39,370 a year: higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a retired person, below 57% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
In Lutter, 13% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 89% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Lutter. That is higher than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lutter
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
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 291 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Lutter
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutter | 49.8 | 23% | 7.8% | 14% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 9.6 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 10 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 11 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 11.9 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 12.6 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 12.8 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
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 Lutter
What is the population of Lutter?
291 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (291).
How old are Lutter’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lutter?
14, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lutter?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lutter?
€39,370 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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