Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%), Heiligenstein is below 86% of compared French towns. 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in six. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 410 households held 925 residents 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.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 84% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Heiligenstein is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Heiligenstein 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 87% 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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Heiligenstein has 8.6%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In Heiligenstein, 29% of households are couples with children.
Heiligenstein ranks above 75% of compared French towns on second homes: 4.7%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 21% of homes are flats.
A typical living standard of €29,990 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,990 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 29% in Heiligenstein and 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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).
Heiligenstein sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.1%)
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 median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. Here, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals. Against 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.
More married residents than 90% of compared French towns: 50%
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 Heiligenstein. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Graduates of higher education: 37% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Heiligenstein and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heiligenstein | 47.8 | 22% | 4.7% | 3.1% |
| Barr 7,057 · 1.1 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 4.8 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 5.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 7.3 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 7.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
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 Heiligenstein
What is the population of Heiligenstein?
925 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (962).
How old are Heiligenstein’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Heiligenstein?
22, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Heiligenstein?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Heiligenstein?
€29,990 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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