Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.022% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4.5%, below 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,517 people lived in Berstett, in 1,030 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 1.7% locally. On flats, Berstett sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 21%.
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 Berstett
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.8% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 60% of compared French towns: Berstett changed by +7% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Older than 55% of compared French towns: half of Berstett is over 44.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berstett 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 54% of compared French towns: 10%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Berstett, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.8%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Berstett, 0.9% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 83% 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
In the last two years, 6% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 6.4%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €31,490 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €31,490 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 90% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 retired person trails 61% of compared French towns: 30%. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.5% in Berstett, less than in 78% 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.
In Berstett, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Berstett and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Berstett, 9.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 87% of compared French towns: 44%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 2,507 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Berstett: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berstett | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 2.2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Vendenheim 6,137 · 3.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Lampertheim 3,457 · 3.8 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 7.3% |
| Brumath 10,499 · 4.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Mundolsheim 5,322 · 4.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1% | 8.9% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 5.5 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
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 Berstett
What is the population of Berstett?
2,517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,347).
How old are Berstett’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berstett?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berstett?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berstett?
€31,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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