Only 2.3% of households have no car in Forstheim
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Forstheim. At the 2023 Census, 599 people lived here, in 250 households. Across Forstheim, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 26% here, fewer than in just over four fifths 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.
Forstheim changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Forstheim 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total. With a median age of 43.9, Forstheim is younger than just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Forstheim sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. One in ten households are single parents, or about one in ten. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of homes are flats in Forstheim
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
At 1.2%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 20: 5% of homes stand empty.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,850 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 €27,850 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Forstheim comes in at 20%. For comparison, 9.4% of 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 1.5% of residents are immigrants in Forstheim
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.
Here 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is lower than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Forstheim. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Forstheim, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 25% in Forstheim and 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 599 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Forstheim are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forstheim | 43.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 2.3 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 2.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 3.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 5.1 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 5.4 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 5.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
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 Forstheim
What is the population of Forstheim?
599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (574).
How old are Forstheim’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Forstheim?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Forstheim?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Forstheim?
€27,850 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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