Baldenheim sits below 97% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.7%)
Households headed by a manual worker: 29% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households stands at 27%. At 16%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. Baldenheim is home to 1,254 residents in 530 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Baldenheim
Empty homes
The census found 72 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Baldenheim grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 68% 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, +2% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Baldenheim is younger than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baldenheim 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Baldenheim, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 12% in Baldenheim and 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
4.3% of households have no car, below 93% 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
Here 18% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. 4.5% of homes are second homes, or about one in 22. Empty homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €28,600 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.
Living standards centre on €28,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.1% of the total. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 3.4% in Baldenheim, less than in 79% 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.
Here 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Baldenheim ranks below 75% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Baldenheim, 45%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Baldenheim, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 30% here, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,254 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Baldenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldenheim | 41.2 | 16% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 3.6 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 5.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 6.3 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 6.6 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 8.8 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
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 Baldenheim
What is the population of Baldenheim?
1,254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,145).
How old are Baldenheim’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baldenheim?
29, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baldenheim?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baldenheim?
€28,600 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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