Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
The share of one-person households trails 98% of compared French towns: 22%. Few places have so few flats: 6.9% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. Bœsenbiesen’s 130 households held 314 residents at the 2023 Census. 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Bœsenbiesen
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.4% single parents with children; 17% 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 55% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bœsenbiesen 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bœsenbiesen is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over locally.
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%.
33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
7.4% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
A smaller share of households without a car than 79% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes: 4.1% of the total. Few places have as many empty homes: 6.9% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €31,110 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 €31,110 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Bœsenbiesen sits above 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (22%)
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Bœsenbiesen. By way of 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).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in Bœsenbiesen
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Bœsenbiesen has 1%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 96% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bœsenbiesen: 64% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 39% in Bœsenbiesen and 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Bœsenbiesen is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bœsenbiesen | 47 | 19% | 4.1% | 1.6% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 4.1 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 4.6 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 5.7 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 7.7 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 9.2 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
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 Bœsenbiesen
What is the population of Bœsenbiesen?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (303).
How old are Bœsenbiesen’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bœsenbiesen?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bœsenbiesen?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bœsenbiesen?
€31,110 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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