Flats make up 62% in Erstein, more than in 85% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 21%, Erstein is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. The town is home to 10,790 residents in 5,220 households, by the 2023 Census. For Erstein, the census puts one-person households at 44%. More households without a car than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 15%.
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.
Since 2012, Erstein has changed by ±0%, slower than 69% 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 −1%, then +2% to 2023.
21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 60% 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
■ Erstein 44. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. With a median age of 44, Erstein is younger than 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Erstein, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 68% 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
With single-parent households at 9%, Erstein is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Each household has 2 people on average. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Erstein, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 56% 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
1.2% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. For Erstein, the census puts empty homes at 6.1%. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,730 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 Erstein’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Erstein. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 8.2% in Erstein, more than in 62% 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.
In Erstein, 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 78% of compared French towns
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Erstein. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 57% of compared French towns: 28%
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
More adults with no qualification than in 56% of compared French towns: 20%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 10,617 to 10,965 people: this is the 20th 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 Chanteloup-les-Vignes (33.7), the youngest, and Dinard (61.4), the oldest.
Around Erstein, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Erstein
What is the population of Erstein?
10,790 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (10,764).
How old are Erstein’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Erstein?
67, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Erstein?
INSEE counts 890 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 600 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Erstein?
€26,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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