A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Bœrsch is home to 2,459 residents in 1,130 households, by the 2023 Census. For Bœrsch, the census puts households without a car at 5.2%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.5% here, fewer than in 88% 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 Bœrsch
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bœrsch, 14% of its 1,400 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 25% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 34%, a higher share than 56% 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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 5.9%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 63% of compared French towns: Bœrsch changed by +2% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bœrsch 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bœrsch’s residents are over 47.8, older than in 74% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
7.9% of households are single parents, below 81% of compared French towns
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 share of one-person households trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. 27% of households are couples with children, more than in 60% of compared French towns.
At the median, €30,920 a year to live on
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 Bœrsch’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,920 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 15%, a higher share than 60% 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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 31% in Bœrsch. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.3%), Bœrsch is below 75% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Bœrsch, more than in 86% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Bœrsch comes in at 21%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,459 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Bœrsch
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bœrsch | 47.8 | 22% | 14% | 3.9% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 2.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 2.6 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 4.1 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 4.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Barr 7,057 · 4.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 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 Bœrsch
What is the population of Bœrsch?
2,459 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,420).
How old are Bœrsch’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bœrsch?
190, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bœrsch?
INSEE counts 96 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bœrsch?
€30,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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