Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.1% of households are single parents
With a median age of 48.4, Bernardswiller is older than 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,473 people lived here, in 640 households. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 21% in the town, about two in ten. Flats: 18% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 56% of compared French towns grew faster than Bernardswiller: +3%
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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% in Bernardswiller, less than in 76% 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
■ Bernardswiller 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Bernardswiller, less than in 94% 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
In Bernardswiller, 30% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A smaller share of households without a car than 88% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 1.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €30,590 a year to live on
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 €30,590 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Bernardswiller sits below 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
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 Bernardswiller, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 72% of compared French towns, at 4.1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.8% in Bernardswiller. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Bernardswiller has 20%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Bernardswiller. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,473 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Bernardswiller, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardswiller | 48.4 | 20% | 1.6% | 4.1% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 1.3 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 2.7 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Barr 7,057 · 3.2 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 5.2 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 6 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Bernardswiller
What is the population of Bernardswiller?
1,473 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,425).
How old are Bernardswiller’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernardswiller?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernardswiller?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernardswiller?
€30,590 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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