A smaller share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
Nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). There were 320 households in Dahlenheim at the 2023 Census, home to 762 residents. For Dahlenheim, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 16%. Fewer households without a car than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
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 Dahlenheim
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dahlenheim changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 71% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Dahlenheim: 13% of residents are 15 to 24, above 87% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dahlenheim 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Dahlenheim is 45.7, higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Dahlenheim ranks above 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 35%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 5% of households are single parents in Dahlenheim. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. For Dahlenheim, the census puts one-person households at 26%.
In Dahlenheim, 16% of homes are flats, fewer than in 76% 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
On second homes, 1.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.4% of homes stand empty in Dahlenheim.
A typical living standard of €31,890 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,890 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 24%, a lower share than 88% 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
9.2% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2% in Dahlenheim, less than in 92% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
Dahlenheim ranks above 88% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 53% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Dahlenheim sits below 87% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 41%, Dahlenheim is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 762 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Dahlenheim and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlenheim | 45.7 | 16% | 1.5% | 2% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 2.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 4.2 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 4.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 4.6 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 4.8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
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 Dahlenheim
What is the population of Dahlenheim?
762 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (765).
How old are Dahlenheim’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dahlenheim?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dahlenheim?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dahlenheim?
€31,890 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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