More couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,379 residents and 560 households in Boofzheim. Here, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 16% here.
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 Boofzheim
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Boofzheim has grown +12%, faster than 76% 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
In two steps, +13% to 2017 and ±0% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boofzheim 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.7, Boofzheim is younger than 52% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
One-person households make up 21% in Boofzheim, less than in 99% 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
Single-parent households: 7.2%, below 88% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
Boofzheim sits below 78% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.3%)
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 7.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 3.5% here, more than in 66% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, with empty homes at 5.5%, Boofzheim is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count.
A typical living standard of €29,040 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,040 a year: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
Immigrants: 5.1%, a lower share than 62% 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.
Fewer foreign nationals than in 56% of compared French towns: 3.7%. Typically, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 56%
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, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Boofzheim ranks below 65% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
27% of Boofzheim’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 1,379 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Boofzheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boofzheim | 43.7 | 20% | 3.5% | 5.1% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 1.4 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 3.7 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 4.8 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 6.2 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 6.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
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 Boofzheim
What is the population of Boofzheim?
1,379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,226).
How old are Boofzheim’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boofzheim?
21, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boofzheim?
INSEE counts 71 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boofzheim?
€29,040 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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