55% of homes are flats, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
The median age in Pfastatt is 42, lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 10,314 residents and 4,550 households in the town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker. 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 8.6% in the 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.
Pfastatt’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 73% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Pfastatt ranks below 57% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pfastatt 42. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 11%, a higher share than 62% 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. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 36%.
A lower share of second homes than 79% of compared French towns, at 1%
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: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 15% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,270 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,270 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 14.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 31% in Pfastatt, less than in 58% 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
Here, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 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).
Pfastatt ranks above 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 13%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (8%), Pfastatt is above 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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 68% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single in Pfastatt. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 53% 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%.
The 19th youngest of 41 French towns of 10,143 to 10,487 people
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 Serris (33.5), the youngest, and Fouesnant (57), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Pfastatt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfastatt | 42 | 23% | 1% | 13% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 1.2 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Richwiller 3,905 · 1.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.1% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 1.8 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
| Kingersheim 13,354 · 2 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Illzach 14,923 · 2.5 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.1% | 20% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 2.6 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
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 Pfastatt
What is the population of Pfastatt?
10,314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (9,269).
How old are Pfastatt’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pfastatt?
52, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pfastatt?
INSEE counts 1,340 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 830 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pfastatt?
€26,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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