In Spechbach, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
3.1% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Spechbach has fewer flats than 92% of compared French towns, at 7%. At the 2023 Census Spechbach was home to 1,418 people in 600 households. Here, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
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.
Spechbach grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 50% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
Older than 67% of compared French towns: half of Spechbach is over 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Spechbach 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.8%, a lower share than 99% 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 average household has 2.4 people. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 85% of compared French towns.
93% of homes are houses
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
7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 1.6%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €32,150 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.
The median standard of living in Spechbach is €32,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Spechbach sits above 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (14%)
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 34% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% 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).
Spechbach ranks below 77% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.1%
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 71% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 9.4%, a lower share than 97% 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
Graduates of higher education: 37% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,418 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Spechbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spechbach | 46.6 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.2% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 3.7 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 3.8 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 4.8 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 5.4 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 6.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 7.2 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
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 Spechbach
What is the population of Spechbach?
1,418 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,352).
How old are Spechbach’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Spechbach?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Spechbach?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Spechbach?
€32,150 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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