More flats than 98% of compared French towns: 88%
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are 65 or over in Bischheim. The town’s 8,720 households held 18,558 residents at the 2023 Census. 43% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Bischheim
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,000 immigrants in Bischheim (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
31% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 33% rent privately and 35% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bischheim grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 56% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Bischheim is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bischheim 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 13% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 80% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. 23% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 59% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
In Bischheim, 27% of households have no car, more than in 93% 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
Car-free households: one in four, where the median compared French town has 11%. In Bischheim, 31% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few second homes: 1.2% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns.
€21,510 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of Bischheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 28.0% of residents.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Bischheim comes in at 12%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
22% of residents are immigrants, more than in 94% 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, Bischheim has 16%. Against that, 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.
34% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 89% 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
37% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
In Bischheim, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (17,854 to 19,292 people), the 12th 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.
The youngest is Moissy-Cramayel (33.2), the oldest Sanary-sur-Mer (59.7).
Around Bischheim, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischheim | 39 | 17% | 1.2% | 22% |
| Schiltigheim 34,708 · 0.6 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Hœnheim 11,742 · 0.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 16% |
| Souffelweyersheim 8,239 · 1.3 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Reichstett 4,732 · 2.2 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Strasbourg 293,771 · 2.5 mi | 33.2 | 15% | 4.9% | 24% |
| Mundolsheim 5,322 · 2.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1% | 8.9% |
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 Bischheim
What is the population of Bischheim?
18,558 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (17,491).
How old are Bischheim’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bischheim?
110, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bischheim?
INSEE counts 4,020 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 3,050 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bischheim?
€21,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% 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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