In Friesenheim, 40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Friesenheim, 2.6% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 6.9%. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The 2023 Census counted 615 residents in 250 households.
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 Friesenheim
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 79% 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 ±0%, then −2% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Friesenheim 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Friesenheim’s residents are over 45.5, older than in 60% of compared French towns. On the census count, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 91% 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
Average household size: 2.5 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, in Friesenheim, 8% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
€28,670 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Friesenheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (34%), Friesenheim is above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. 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).
Below 76% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents are immigrants
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 Friesenheim, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
More married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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 share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Friesenheim sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friesenheim | 45.5 | 18% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 2.1 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 5 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5.5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 5.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 5.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 8.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
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 Friesenheim
What is the population of Friesenheim?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (630).
How old are Friesenheim’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Friesenheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Friesenheim?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Friesenheim?
€28,670 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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