A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 14% of residents are 65 or over in Bourgheim. The town’s 300 households held 650 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.7%. 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.
Bourgheim grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 83% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +14%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Younger than 81% of compared French towns: half of Bourgheim is under 39.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourgheim 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Bourgheim is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 72% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. One-person households are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.6% of households are single parents here.
5% of homes are second homes, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 37% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. On empty homes, Bourgheim sits higher than 69% of compared French towns: 8.5%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,890 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.
The median standard of living in Bourgheim is €28,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Bourgheim, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 97% 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
Roughly one in ten: 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 14% 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).
Bourgheim ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.6%
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.
For Bourgheim, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.5%. On average, 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Bourgheim
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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Bourgheim sits below 86% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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 share of graduates of higher education is 37%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (650 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Bourgheim is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgheim | 39.7 | 14% | 5% | 4.6% |
| Barr 7,057 · 2.3 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 3 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 4.6 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 5.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5.6 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 5.7 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
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 Bourgheim
What is the population of Bourgheim?
650 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (562).
How old are Bourgheim’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourgheim?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourgheim?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourgheim?
€28,890 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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