Couples with children make up 38% in Griesheim-près-Molsheim, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Griesheim-près-Molsheim. The 2023 Census counted 2,351 residents in 960 households. In Griesheim-près-Molsheim, 3.2% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 23%, more than in 91% 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 Griesheim-près-Molsheim
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Griesheim-près-Molsheim grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 72% 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 +3% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 74% 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
■ Griesheim-près-Molsheim 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Griesheim-près-Molsheim is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 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
Single-parent households make up 4.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 20% in Griesheim-près-Molsheim, less than in 68% 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
Some 9.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. Locally, 0.9% of homes are second homes. Few places have as many empty homes: 8.4% here, more than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €32,580 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 €32,580 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 4.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 12% in Griesheim-près-Molsheim, less than in 63% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Griesheim-près-Molsheim has 31%. Against that, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.6% in Griesheim-près-Molsheim and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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 88% 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 53% in Griesheim-près-Molsheim, more than in 97% 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, 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Griesheim-près-Molsheim. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 9.7%, a lower share than 96% 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
Here just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,351 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is older than Griesheim-près-Molsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griesheim-près-Molsheim | 43.5 | 18% | 0.9% | 2.4% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 2.1 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 2.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 2.5 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 2.8 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 2.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 3.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
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 Griesheim-près-Molsheim
What is the population of Griesheim-près-Molsheim?
2,351 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (2,125).
How old are Griesheim-près-Molsheim’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Griesheim-près-Molsheim?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Griesheim-près-Molsheim?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Griesheim-près-Molsheim?
€32,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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