Only 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Ranspach-le-Bas
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Ranspach-le-Bas has 4.9%. Still, the median age here is 49.2, higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 640 people lived locally, in 320 households. 38% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Ranspach-le-Bas
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ranspach-le-Bas had 680 residents at the 2012 census and 640 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Ranspach-le-Bas behind 91% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% 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
■ Ranspach-le-Bas 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Ranspach-le-Bas, 9.1%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 73% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Households here average 2 people each. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
7.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 67% 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
By its share of empty homes (8.8%), Ranspach-le-Bas is above 71% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 37% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €40,710 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €40,710 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 55% of compared French towns: 13%
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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Ranspach-le-Bas (9.5%). 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).
In Ranspach-le-Bas, 6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% of compared French towns
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.9% in Ranspach-le-Bas.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ranspach-le-Bas: 50% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Ranspach-le-Bas. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 58% 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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 640 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Ranspach-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranspach-le-Bas | 49.2 | 27% | 1.8% | 6.9% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 2.6 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 3.5 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 3.8 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 4.5 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 5 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
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 Ranspach-le-Bas
What is the population of Ranspach-le-Bas?
640 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (680).
How old are Ranspach-le-Bas’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ranspach-le-Bas?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ranspach-le-Bas?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ranspach-le-Bas?
€40,710 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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