One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With flats at 10%, Hessenheim is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. The town’s 260 households held 614 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.5% of households have no car. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 15% here, more than in 77% 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 Hessenheim
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 3.9% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012: slower than 52% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A median age of 48.9: Hessenheim is older than 79% 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
■ Hessenheim 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Hessenheim sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 3.9% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 3.4% of its 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. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.5% of homes stand empty.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,950 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.
The median standard of living in Hessenheim is €29,950 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 share of households headed by a retired person is 26%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hessenheim sits above 69% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6.9%)
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of residents are immigrants here. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 87% 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 trails 65% of compared French towns: 24%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hessenheim
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Hessenheim has 17%. As a reference point, 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 614 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Hessenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hessenheim | 48.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 7.6% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 3.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 8.2 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 8.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 10.5 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
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 Hessenheim
What is the population of Hessenheim?
614 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (588).
How old are Hessenheim’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hessenheim?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hessenheim?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hessenheim?
€29,950 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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