Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0Rouffach sits above 85% of compared French towns for empty homes (11%)
With a median age of 47.2, Rouffach is older than 70% of compared French towns. Locally, 7.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). At the 2023 Census, 4,238 people lived here, in 1,810 households. Flats: 40% here and 30% in the typical compared French 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.
What stands out about the people of Rouffach
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rouffach had 4,561 residents at the 2012 census and 4,238 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Rouffach has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouffach 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 60% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. In Rouffach, 36% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 9.6%, a lower share than 56% 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
10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 2.1% of homes are second homes. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,690 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 €27,690 a year: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
Rouffach ranks above 64% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 16%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a retired person account for 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. The census found that 5.2% of residents are immigrants in Rouffach.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 58% of compared French towns: 24%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 54% of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Across Rouffach, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,207 to 4,270 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 37.1 in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin to 65.8 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Rouffach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouffach | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine 3,004 · 5.1 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 5.4 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 5.6 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 6.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Ensisheim 7,306 · 7 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
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 Rouffach
What is the population of Rouffach?
4,238 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (4,561).
How old are Rouffach’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouffach?
43, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouffach?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouffach?
€27,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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