A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns: 28%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of homes are flats here. Census figures put households in social housing at 7.7% in Brumath. This Bas-Rhin town has fewer second homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 0.9%. In 2023, the Census found 10,499 residents here, living in 4,740 households.
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.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Brumath behind 53% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 68% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brumath 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Brumath. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.1, older than in half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Brumath ranks below 60% of compared French towns on couples with children: 23%
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
Households average 2.1 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Here 36% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 9.5% of households have no car
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. In the last two years, 14% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. More empty homes than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 7.6%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,310 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,310 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 10.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 12%, a higher share than 64% 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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of residents are immigrants here. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 60% 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.
60% of residents 15 and over live as a couple
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Lower than in half of compared French towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 35% in Brumath and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (10,343 to 10,661 people), the 13th 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.
Ages run from 35.9 in Charvieu-Chavagneux to 59.6 in La Londe-les-Maures.
Older than Brumath: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brumath | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Geudertheim 2,727 · 2.2 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Weitbruch 2,711 · 3.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.5% | 3% |
| Hœrdt 4,570 · 4.1 mi | 45.9 | 20% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Weyersheim 3,512 · 4.3 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 4.4 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Vendenheim 6,137 · 4.5 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 11% |
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 Brumath
What is the population of Brumath?
10,499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (10,072).
How old are Brumath’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brumath?
46, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brumath?
INSEE counts 830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 640 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brumath?
€28,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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