Half of Oderen is over 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.8%, below 99% of compared French towns. On second homes, Oderen sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 9.7%. At the 2023 Census Oderen was home to 1,215 people in 550 households. Locally, just over a fifth of households are couples with children.
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 Oderen
An older town
Half of Oderen’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Oderen had 1,299 residents at the 2012 census and 1,215 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 92% of compared French towns: Oderen changed by −6% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Oderen: 37% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% 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
■ Oderen 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 71% 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
Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.2%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
Empty homes make up 4.2% in Oderen, less than in 85% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.1% (under two years). Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 66% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are flats. Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Median standard of living: €25,110 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 €25,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). To put it in context, 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).
Below 85% of compared French towns: 2.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Oderen. The usual figure: 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.
More married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Oderen
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,215 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Oderen and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oderen | 56.6 | 37% | 9.7% | 2.6% |
| Cornimont 3,027 · 7.4 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% | 5.8% |
| La Bresse 3,853 · 7.8 mi | 56.6 | 35% | 54% | 2.9% |
| Thann 7,762 · 9.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 9.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 2,566 · 9.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 21% | 4.4% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 9.9 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 Oderen
What is the population of Oderen?
1,215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,299).
How old are Oderen’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oderen?
62, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oderen?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oderen?
€25,110 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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