A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
38% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In 2023, the Census found 681 residents in Limersheim, living in 280 households. The census found that 5.3% of households have no car in the town. The median age here is 47.1, higher than in 69% 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 Limersheim
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Limersheim changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 64% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limersheim 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Limersheim ranks above 90% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. 3.6% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of flats than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%
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. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 12 here (8.6%). Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A typical living standard of €30,950 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,950 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 80% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Limersheim. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Limersheim. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 91% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 38%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 681 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Limersheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limersheim | 47.1 | 23% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 2.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Lipsheim 2,702 · 2.7 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Fegersheim 5,780 · 3.2 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Eschau 5,878 · 4 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 6.8% |
| Plobsheim 4,492 · 4.1 mi | 45 | 21% | 1% | 7% |
| Geispolsheim 7,919 · 4.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
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 Limersheim
What is the population of Limersheim?
681 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (672).
How old are Limersheim’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limersheim?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limersheim?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limersheim?
€30,950 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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