A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns, at 19%
Here nearly three in five homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Census day 2023: 7,157 residents and 3,260 households in Eckbolsheim. The census found that 5.2% of homes stand empty here. The median age locally is 42.6, lower than in 61% 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.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 64% 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, +4% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, a lower share than 62% 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
■ Eckbolsheim 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Eckbolsheim ranks above 66% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 11%
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
By its share of one-person households (37%), Eckbolsheim is above 57% of compared French towns. More couples with children than in 52% of compared French towns: 26%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households here average 2.2 people each.
More households without a car than 57% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.4%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,580 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.
Half of Eckbolsheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 12.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 10%, a lower share than 75% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 81% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Eckbolsheim has 9%. 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.
Eckbolsheim sits above 67% of compared French towns for single residents (28%)
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
Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Eckbolsheim, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Eckbolsheim. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
19th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 7,057 to 7,262
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 Égly (35.7), the youngest, and Trégunc (56.6), the oldest.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Eckbolsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckbolsheim | 42.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Wolfisheim 4,217 · 1 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Lingolsheim 20,826 · 1.5 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 1.6% | 18% |
| Oberhausbergen 5,857 · 1.7 mi | 43.8 | 24% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 2,597 · 1.8 mi | 47 | 27% | 1% | 7.8% |
| Ostwald 13,946 · 2.4 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 0.9% | 16% |
| Holtzheim 3,850 · 2.6 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 0.5% | 7.7% |
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 Eckbolsheim
What is the population of Eckbolsheim?
7,157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (6,619).
How old are Eckbolsheim’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eckbolsheim?
50, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eckbolsheim?
INSEE counts 930 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 640 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eckbolsheim?
€28,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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