Osenbach is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Osenbach is home to 810 residents in 370 households, by the 2023 Census. For Osenbach, the census puts flats at 3.9%. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households have no car here.
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 Osenbach
Fewer residents than in 2012
Osenbach had 885 residents at the 2012 census and 810 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Osenbach’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Osenbach changed by −8% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Haut-Rhin. Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Osenbach 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over in Osenbach. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Osenbach sits higher than 63% of compared French towns: 28%. Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
In Osenbach, 8.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 86% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 3.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 40%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €32,720 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €32,720 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manual worker at 12%, Osenbach is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Locally, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. On average, 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.
In Osenbach, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
The share of single residents is 18%, 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.
More graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns: 35%
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
For Osenbach, the census puts adults with no qualification at 18%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 810 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Osenbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osenbach | 52 | 26% | 8.3% | 1.8% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 4.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 4.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Munster 4,738 · 5.2 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 5.5 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 6.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 7.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
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 Osenbach
What is the population of Osenbach?
810 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (885).
How old are Osenbach’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Osenbach?
36, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Osenbach?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Osenbach?
€32,720 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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