Photo: GDelhey · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
The share of couples with children tops 69% of compared French towns: 29%. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 50%, more than in 75% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 12,242 residents and 4,920 households in Bischwiller. Households without a car make up about one in seven here (15%).
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.
Slower growth than 82% of compared French towns: Bischwiller changed by −3% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bischwiller 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bischwiller is 43.6, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
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 lower share of one-person households than 54% 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
Households average 2.3 people. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
9.5% of homes stand empty, more than in 76% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. Second homes are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Bischwiller comes in at 14%.
A median standard of living of €23,070 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.
Living standards centre on €23,070 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 21.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.4%, a lower share than 73% of compared French towns
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
Here 29% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 15%
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.
Foreign nationals: 12%, above 88% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 single residents than 78% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Across Bischwiller, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Bischwiller sits below 92% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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 have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%).
Among 41 French towns of 11,993 to 12,510 people, the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (33.7), the youngest, and Saint-Cyprien (61.1), the oldest.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Bischwiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischwiller | 43.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 15% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 1.2 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Gries 2,868 · 2.1 mi | 47.2 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.2% |
| Herrlisheim 4,694 · 3.4 mi | 48 | 24% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Weitbruch 2,711 · 3.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.5% | 3% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 4.2 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Weyersheim 3,512 · 4.3 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
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 Bischwiller
What is the population of Bischwiller?
12,242 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (12,643).
How old are Bischwiller’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bischwiller?
47, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bischwiller?
INSEE counts 1,820 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 1,500 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bischwiller?
€23,070 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.