40% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of households have no car here. At the 2023 Census, 1,022 people lived in Kolbsheim, in 390 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 24%. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Kolbsheim
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Kolbsheim had 819 residents at the 2012 census and 1,022 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 94% of compared French towns: Kolbsheim changed by +25% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +16%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A median age of 40: Kolbsheim is younger 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
■ Kolbsheim 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 18% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 99% of compared French towns: 16% 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
Single-parent households: 12%, above 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
Kolbsheim ranks below 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.5%
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
The figure for empty homes is 8.5% in Kolbsheim and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. 25% of homes are flats, or about one in four.
The median resident lives on €30,130 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,130 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
In Kolbsheim, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 89% 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
In Kolbsheim, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 4.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.9% in Kolbsheim. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 53%
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Kolbsheim has 19%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,022 to 2,582 people), the 3rd youngest
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.
Kolbsheim is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolbsheim | 40 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.4% |
| Achenheim 2,637 · 2.3 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Holtzheim 3,850 · 2.4 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 0.5% | 7.7% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Entzheim 2,544 · 3 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 12% | 8.1% |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 2,597 · 3.3 mi | 47 | 27% | 1% | 7.8% |
| Wolfisheim 4,217 · 4.1 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 12% |
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 Kolbsheim
What is the population of Kolbsheim?
1,022 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (819).
How old are Kolbsheim’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Kolbsheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Kolbsheim?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Kolbsheim?
€30,130 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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