Couples with children make up 38% in Sternenberg, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Sternenberg had 142 residents in 59 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 1.6% of households have no car. 7.6% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% 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 Sternenberg
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sternenberg had 156 residents at the 2012 census and 142 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Sternenberg behind 96% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Half of Sternenberg is over 47.8, older than 73% 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
■ Sternenberg 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Sternenberg, 19%. Here, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Sternenberg
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 figure for single-parent households is 15% in Sternenberg and 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
Fewer empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Sternenberg has 8.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €31,290 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 Sternenberg’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,290 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns: 23%
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 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Against that, 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).
Sternenberg ranks below 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.6%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Sternenberg comes in at 2%. Set beside that, 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.
Married residents: 54%, a higher share than 99% 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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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 come to 29% in Sternenberg, about three in ten. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 142 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Sternenberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sternenberg | 47.8 | 19% | 7.6% | 2.6% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 7.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 7.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Thann 7,762 · 7.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 8.5 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 8.6 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 8.8 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 Sternenberg
What is the population of Sternenberg?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (156).
How old are Sternenberg’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sternenberg?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sternenberg?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sternenberg?
€31,290 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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