2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.5%, below 85% of compared French towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 8.9%. Achenheim’s 1,180 households held 2,637 residents at the 2023 Census. For Achenheim, the census puts households in social housing at 1.6%.
Throughout this page, the Bas-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 Achenheim
Growing fast
Achenheim had 2,043 residents at the 2012 census and 2,637 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+29% since 2012, a pace 96% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +24%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 62% 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
■ Achenheim 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Achenheim’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in just over half of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. With couples with children at 26%, Achenheim is ahead of 55% of compared French towns on that count.
Achenheim sits below 76% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.6%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Achenheim has 35%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. About one in 50: that is how common second homes are in Achenheim (2%).
A median standard of living of €31,700 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 €31,700 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
In Achenheim, 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 87% 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
In Achenheim, 34% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Achenheim ranks below 68% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.8%
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.
Put another way, about one in 16: 6.1% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Achenheim: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Achenheim has 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Achenheim sits below 94% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (10%)
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Achenheim. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,606 to 2,668 people, the 16th youngest
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 34.6 in Bourguébus to 62.9 in Longeville-sur-Mer.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Achenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achenheim | 43.9 | 24% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 2,597 · 1.1 mi | 47 | 27% | 1% | 7.8% |
| Holtzheim 3,850 · 1.6 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 0.5% | 7.7% |
| Wolfisheim 4,217 · 1.9 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Eckbolsheim 7,157 · 2.7 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Lingolsheim 20,826 · 3.2 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 1.6% | 18% |
| Entzheim 2,544 · 3.3 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 12% | 8.1% |
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 Achenheim
What is the population of Achenheim?
2,637 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (2,043).
How old are Achenheim’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Achenheim?
25, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Achenheim?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Achenheim?
€31,700 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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