Only 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Herbitzheim
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Herbitzheim and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. About one in 28: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Herbitzheim (3.6%). Single-parent households are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Herbitzheim was home to 1,829 people in 820 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.
Herbitzheim changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Half of Herbitzheim is over 47.4, older than 72% 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
■ Herbitzheim 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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 average household has 2.2 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Herbitzheim sits higher than 66% of compared French towns: 28%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households have no car
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
One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The census found that 0.8% of homes are second homes in Herbitzheim. This Bas-Rhin town has fewer flats than 73% of compared French towns, at 17%.
The median resident lives on €25,630 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,630 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 31%
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
3.6% of Herbitzheim’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 31% by a retired person (32%). As a reference point, 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).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 77% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.5%, Herbitzheim is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
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 50% in Herbitzheim, more than in 91% 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 figure for single residents is 21% in Herbitzheim and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Herbitzheim, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,829 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.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Herbitzheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbitzheim | 47.4 | 21% | 0.8% | 3.5% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 3.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 4 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 5.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 5.5 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 6.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 7.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
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 Herbitzheim
What is the population of Herbitzheim?
1,829 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,886).
How old are Herbitzheim’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herbitzheim?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herbitzheim?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herbitzheim?
€25,630 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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