33% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Here just over one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 633 residents in Aschbach, living in 270 households. The share of second homes stands at 2.8%.
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 Aschbach
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aschbach had 677 residents at the 2012 census and 633 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aschbach changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Aschbach is over 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aschbach 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Aschbach comes in at 20%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Aschbach sits below 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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
With couples with children at 34%, Aschbach is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 5%, a lower share than 88% 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
One household in 20 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 35%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,470 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 €28,470 a year: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 22%, a lower share than 92% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 66% of compared French towns: 7.2%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Aschbach: 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, above 67% 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.
By its share of immigrants (7.8%), Aschbach is above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Aschbach, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
Single residents make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Aschbach ranks below 73% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (633 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Aschbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aschbach | 46.4 | 20% | 2.8% | 7.8% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 4.3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 4.4 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Seltz 3,204 · 6 mi | 47.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 7 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 7.5 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 11.8 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
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 Aschbach
What is the population of Aschbach?
633 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (677).
How old are Aschbach’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aschbach?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aschbach?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aschbach?
€28,470 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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