Balbronn ranks below 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 681 residents and 290 households in Balbronn. 26% of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Here 5.2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
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 Balbronn
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Balbronn outgrew 61% of compared French towns: +7%
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
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then +4% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Balbronn, less than in 66% 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
■ Balbronn 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Balbronn’s residents are over 44.2, older 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
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 34%
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. 5.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 14% of homes are flats in Balbronn
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 last two years, 7.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. At 8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 3.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €29,280 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Balbronn: 40% of households are headed by a retired person, above 82% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten 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).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Balbronn, 2.1%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
55% 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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Balbronn ranks below 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (681 to 2,582 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Balbronn, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balbronn | 44.2 | 20% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 3.3 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 3.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 4.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 4.6 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 6.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
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 Balbronn
What is the population of Balbronn?
681 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (634).
How old are Balbronn’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Balbronn?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Balbronn?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Balbronn?
€29,280 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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