Berstheim ranks above 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 39%
By its share of households without a car (3%), Berstheim is below 99% of compared French towns. In Berstheim, 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 4.9%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 513 residents in 200 households.
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 Berstheim
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 7.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Berstheim had 413 residents at the 2012 census and 513 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Berstheim’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Berstheim grew +24% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 94% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Only 14% of residents are 65 or over in Berstheim
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berstheim 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 38.6, Berstheim is younger than 86% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Berstheim ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 17%
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
Single-parent households: 7.3%, below 87% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 2.5 people each.
A higher share of second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 8%
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
By its share of flats (27%), Berstheim is below 54% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.3% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €30,860 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 €30,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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.
Immigrants: 2.7%, below 84% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
The share of married residents is 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Berstheim. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 513 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is older than Berstheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berstheim | 38.6 | 14% | 8% | 2.7% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 3.3 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Brumath 10,499 · 4.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 4.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 5.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 5.2 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Weitbruch 2,711 · 5.3 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.5% | 3% |
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 Berstheim
What is the population of Berstheim?
513 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (413).
How old are Berstheim’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berstheim?
19, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berstheim?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berstheim?
€30,860 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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