A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 22%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bilwisheim is home to 535 residents in 230 households, by the 2023 Census. For Bilwisheim, the census puts empty homes at 2.2%. Here 6.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
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 Bilwisheim
Growing fast
Bilwisheim had 390 residents at the 2012 census and 535 in 2023, up 37%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Bilwisheim outgrew 98% of compared French towns: +37%
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, +20% to 2017 and +15% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
16% of residents are 65 or over, below 89% 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
■ Bilwisheim 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bilwisheim is 40.9, lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 typical household size is 2.4 people. 6.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
A lower share of households without a car than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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
7.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 0.9% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Flats: 25%, below 58% of compared French towns.
€30,630 a year: the median standard of living
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 €30,630 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Bilwisheim has 11%. Measured more widely, 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).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bilwisheim has 2%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Here nearly two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 535 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bilwisheim is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilwisheim | 40.9 | 16% | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Brumath 10,499 · 2.7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Vendenheim 6,137 · 3.9 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lampertheim 3,457 · 4.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 7.3% |
| Geudertheim 2,727 · 4.5 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
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 Bilwisheim
What is the population of Bilwisheim?
535 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 37% more than in 2012 (390).
How old are Bilwisheim’s residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bilwisheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bilwisheim?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bilwisheim?
€30,630 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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