Only 1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Hilsenheim
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Hilsenheim has 4.7%. 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,604 residents and 1,030 households here. In Hilsenheim, 16% of homes are flats.
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 Hilsenheim
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hilsenheim changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 61% 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 −1% to 2023.
Hilsenheim is younger than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hilsenheim 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Hilsenheim, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Hilsenheim has 12%. Fewer one-person households than in 93% of compared French towns: 25%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
84% of homes are houses
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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,330 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 5.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 27% in Hilsenheim, more than in 98% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, 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).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
In Hilsenheim, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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.
Hilsenheim sits above 73% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Hilsenheim, 24%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 59% 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, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,580 to 2,628 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.
At the ends of the range sit Bourguébus (34.6), the youngest, and Longeville-sur-Mer (62.9), the oldest.
Hilsenheim and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilsenheim | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5.2 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 5.4 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 5.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 6.5 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 7 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 7.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 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 Hilsenheim
What is the population of Hilsenheim?
2,604 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,551).
How old are Hilsenheim’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hilsenheim?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hilsenheim?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hilsenheim?
€28,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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