A median age of 54.1: Michelbach-le-Bas is older than 93% of compared French towns
Here 10% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households without a car: 2.5% of the total. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Michelbach-le-Bas had 722 residents in 330 households at the 2023 census.
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 Michelbach-le-Bas
An older town
Half of Michelbach-le-Bas’ residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Michelbach-le-Bas 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 93% 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 typical household size is 2.2 people. Here, just over a quarter of households are couples with children. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 0.9% of homes are second homes in Michelbach-le-Bas
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 5.2%.
Half above, half below €44,780 a year in 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 €44,780 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 44% in Michelbach-le-Bas, more than in 92% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 12%, Michelbach-le-Bas is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 19%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Michelbach-le-Bas ranks above 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 11%
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 higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 8.2% in Michelbach-le-Bas. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Michelbach-le-Bas ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 58%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Michelbach-le-Bas comes in at 17%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Michelbach-le-Bas
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 Michelbach-le-Bas, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (722 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Michelbach-le-Bas is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelbach-le-Bas | 54.1 | 30% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 1.7 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 2.8 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 3.2 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 3.4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 4.1 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 4.2 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Michelbach-le-Bas
What is the population of Michelbach-le-Bas?
722 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (708).
How old are Michelbach-le-Bas’ residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Michelbach-le-Bas?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Michelbach-le-Bas?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Michelbach-le-Bas?
€44,780 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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