Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
Nearly three in five homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1.1% of homes are second homes. With a median age of 41, Benfeld is younger than 73% of compared French towns. This Bas-Rhin town had 5,973 residents in 2,690 households at 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.
Faster growth than 52% of compared French towns: Benfeld changed by +5% since 2012
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 +2%, then +4% to 2023.
Benfeld ranks below 64% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Benfeld 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. Typically, 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%.
Benfeld sits above 59% of compared French towns for one-person households (37%)
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 wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 9.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
10% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 59% 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
Benfeld sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. On households without a car, Benfeld sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 10%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,680 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.
At €25,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 13.0%.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Benfeld
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
Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 8.7% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
Above 64% of compared French towns: 6% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Across Benfeld, 8.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, below 62% 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 account for 25%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 51% 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 account for 30%.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 La Verrière (35.4), the oldest Ciboure (56.7).
No nearby town is as young as Benfeld
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfeld | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 0.9 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 4.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 5.1 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 5.9 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 6.2 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Barr 7,057 · 7.1 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 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 Benfeld
What is the population of Benfeld?
5,973 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (5,667).
How old are Benfeld’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benfeld?
32, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benfeld?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 360 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benfeld?
€25,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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