40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (4.4%), Gougenheim is below 92% of compared French towns. 531 residents in 220 households: that is Gougenheim at the 2023 Census. In Gougenheim, 41% of households are headed by a retired person. With a median age of 49.7, Gougenheim is older than 82% 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 Gougenheim
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 4.5% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gougenheim had 557 residents at the 2012 census and 531 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gougenheim’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 87% 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 −2%, then −3% to 2023.
Above 52% of compared French towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gougenheim 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Gougenheim, 19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for single-parent households is 4.5% in Gougenheim and 10% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are flats
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 33%. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 4.6% of homes are second homes. By contrast, in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Gougenheim has 4.9%.
At the median, €31,160 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €31,160 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.8% in Gougenheim, less than in 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Gougenheim, 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in Gougenheim, less than in 75% 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 2.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 57% in Gougenheim, more than in 99% 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 is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns, at 9%
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 40% in Gougenheim and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 531 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Gougenheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gougenheim | 49.7 | 23% | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 3.4 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 3.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 3.7 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 6.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Brumath 10,499 · 6.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
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 Gougenheim
What is the population of Gougenheim?
531 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (557).
How old are Gougenheim’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gougenheim?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gougenheim?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gougenheim?
€31,160 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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