34% of households are couples with children, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households without a car: 4.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For Ergersheim, the census puts households in social housing at 5.3%. The median age in the town is 41, lower than in 73% of compared French towns. The town counted 1,479 residents and 630 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Ergersheim
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Ergersheim had 1,252 residents at the 2012 census and 1,479 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +18% since 2012, faster than 88% 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
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then +9% to 2023.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Ergersheim 41. The median compared French town: 44.
18% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
6.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 94% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
4.6% of homes stand empty, fewer 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 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.5% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. More flats than in 60% of compared French towns: 37%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.5%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,850 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,850 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker in Ergersheim. At the same time, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. On average, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Ergersheim
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 84% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 50: 2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 90% of compared French towns: 20%
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 married residents at 47%, Ergersheim is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
In Ergersheim, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Ergersheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergersheim | 41 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.8% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 2.5 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 3.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 3.7 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 4.1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Achenheim 2,637 · 4.6 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2% | 6.1% |
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 Ergersheim
What is the population of Ergersheim?
1,479 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,252).
How old are Ergersheim’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ergersheim?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ergersheim?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ergersheim?
€30,850 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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