Single-parent households make up 6% in Ottmarsheim, less than in 96% of compared French towns
In Ottmarsheim, 11% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker. The town had 2,054 residents in 890 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 Ottmarsheim
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in Ottmarsheim (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 10% for the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ottmarsheim grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 76% 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 median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% in Ottmarsheim, less than in 86% 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
■ Ottmarsheim 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ottmarsheim’s residents are under 42.6, younger than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 63% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone in Ottmarsheim.
More flats than 55% of compared French towns: 33%
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 make up 14%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 1.6%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €29,250 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 median standard of living in Ottmarsheim is €29,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns: 28%
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 11%, Ottmarsheim is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 32% 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).
16% of residents are immigrants, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ottmarsheim, 13% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Ottmarsheim: 30% of residents 15 and over are single, above 77% 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
With married residents at 41%, Ottmarsheim is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 68% of compared French towns
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Ottmarsheim. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,054 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Ottmarsheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottmarsheim | 42.6 | 18% | 1.6% | 16% |
| Rixheim 14,380 · 5.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Habsheim 5,076 · 5.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.8% | 5.8% |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 5.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Sausheim 5,666 · 6.4 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Riedisheim 12,200 · 7.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Illzach 14,923 · 7.2 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.1% | 20% |
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 Ottmarsheim
What is the population of Ottmarsheim?
2,054 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,829).
How old are Ottmarsheim’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ottmarsheim?
17, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ottmarsheim?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ottmarsheim?
€29,250 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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