A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 4.7% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census Bossendorf was home to 379 people in 160 households. 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 15% 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 Bossendorf
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 9.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bossendorf’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 56% 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%.
Younger than 71% of compared French towns: half of Bossendorf is under 41.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bossendorf 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 typical household size is 2.4 people. Here, one in ten households are single parents. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 4.7% in Bossendorf, less than in 79% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.1% (under two years). Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 21% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of homes are second homes here.
Median standard of living: €28,840 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.
At €28,840 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Bossendorf: 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 68% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Bossendorf comes in at 30%. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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 median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Across Bossendorf, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Bossendorf ranks above 93% of compared French towns on married residents: 51%
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
With single residents at 23%, Bossendorf is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 60% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Bossendorf has 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 379 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Bossendorf
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossendorf | 41.3 | 15% | 3.5% | 1.6% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 1.8 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 4.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 4.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 5.2 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 7.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 7.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
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 Bossendorf
What is the population of Bossendorf?
379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (367).
How old are Bossendorf’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bossendorf?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bossendorf?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bossendorf?
€28,840 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).
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.