In Handschuheim, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
4.2% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Households headed by a retired person: just over two fifths of the total. On flats, Handschuheim sits lower than 79% of compared French towns: 14%. The town counted 281 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Handschuheim
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Handschuheim had 298 residents at the 2012 census and 281 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 15% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 90% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −10%, then +5% to 2023.
Handschuheim is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Handschuheim 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Handschuheim comes in at 4.1%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are second homes
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%. 2.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 38% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 7.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €33,070 a year in standard of living
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 Handschuheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €33,070 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 68% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Here, 8.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 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).
Foreign nationals: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. 2.5% of residents are immigrants. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 93% 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
With graduates of higher education at 47%, Handschuheim is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (281 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Handschuheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handschuheim | 46.4 | 21% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Achenheim 2,637 · 2.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 2,597 · 3.6 mi | 47 | 27% | 1% | 7.8% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 3.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Holtzheim 3,850 · 4.2 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 0.5% | 7.7% |
| Wolfisheim 4,217 · 4.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 4.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
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 Handschuheim
What is the population of Handschuheim?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (298).
How old are Handschuheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Handschuheim?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Handschuheim?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Handschuheim?
€33,070 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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