Photo: Gilles Maussion · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of couples with children than 81% of compared French towns: 31%
Households without a car: 5.8%, below 82% of compared French towns. Eschau had 5,878 residents in 2,460 households at the 2023 census. Here, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few households in social housing: 8.1% here, fewer than in 70% 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.
What stands out about the people of Eschau
Growing fast
Eschau had 4,738 residents at the 2012 census and 5,878 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +24% change since 2012: Eschau grew faster than 94% 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. Here the change came as +12% to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Eschau ranks below 68% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eschau 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Eschau is 43.2, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Eschau (11%).
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%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 88% of compared French towns: 7.2%
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
30% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 77% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.7% (under two years). On flats, Eschau sits higher than 63% of compared French towns: 39%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The town sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,080 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.
At €30,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 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 6.8% of Eschau’s residents
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 higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 3.9% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 89% 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
The share of single residents trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Eschau, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (5,829 to 5,929 people), the 12th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villabé (36.9), the oldest Arradon (56.9).
Eschau sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eschau | 43.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 6.8% |
| Plobsheim 4,492 · 1.2 mi | 45 | 21% | 1% | 7% |
| Fegersheim 5,780 · 1.3 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Lipsheim 2,702 · 2.4 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Illkirch-Graffenstaden 27,872 · 3 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Geispolsheim 7,919 · 3.6 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Ostwald 13,946 · 4.4 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 0.9% | 16% |
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 Eschau
What is the population of Eschau?
5,878 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (4,738).
How old are Eschau’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eschau?
36, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eschau?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eschau?
€30,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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