Households without a car make up 3.1% in Bissert, less than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 92% of compared French towns: 14%. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Bissert
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bissert 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.9, Bissert is younger than 51% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.3% here, fewer than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Bissert comes in at 33%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 16% of homes stand empty
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 1.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns.
A median of €25,480 a year per consumption unit
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 Bissert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Bissert sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (25%)
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 retired person is 32%; Bissert has 25%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, below 92% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.7%, against 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.
In Bissert, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
On single residents, Bissert sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 26%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Bissert sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bissert, 25%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 153 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Bissert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bissert | 43.9 | 14% | 1.3% | 2% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 3.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 8.6 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 9.3 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 12.1 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Bissert
What is the population of Bissert?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (159).
How old are Bissert’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bissert?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bissert?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bissert?
€25,480 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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