Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Eschbourg has 4.9%. This Bas-Rhin town counted 455 residents and 210 households at the 2023 Census. 27% of residents are 65 or over. One-person households are rarer here than in 88% 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 Eschbourg
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Eschbourg, 15% of its 290 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Eschbourg had 501 residents at the 2012 census and 455 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 15%, a higher share than 91% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Empty homes: just over a tenth of the total. The share of households without a car is 7.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Eschbourg changed by −9% since 2012
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, −3% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
A median age of 50: Eschbourg is older than 83% 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
■ Eschbourg 50. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2%, Eschbourg is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents
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, 2.2 people share a household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,000 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 Eschbourg’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,000 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Eschbourg, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
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
21% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 88% 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
Across Eschbourg, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 455 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Eschbourg is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eschbourg | 50 | 27% | 15% | 3.5% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 4.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 6.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 8.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 8.9 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 9.3 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 9.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
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 Eschbourg
What is the population of Eschbourg?
455 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (501).
How old are Eschbourg’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eschbourg?
44, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eschbourg?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eschbourg?
€26,000 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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