Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.076% of homes are flats, more than in 93% of compared French towns
The median age in Lingolsheim is 39.1, lower than in 84% of compared French towns. On the census count, 14% of households have no car. Census day 2023: 20,826 residents and 9,400 households locally. Households headed by a retired person: 27% here and 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lingolsheim
Immigrants
INSEE counts 3,700 immigrants in Lingolsheim (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Lingolsheim had 16,941 residents at the 2012 census and 20,826 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lingolsheim grew +23% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 93% 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
Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then +14% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Lingolsheim, less than in 71% 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
■ Lingolsheim 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 66% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 70% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Without a car: one household in seven, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. The share of second homes stands at 1.6%. At 13%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,520 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.
Living standards centre on €24,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. 18.4% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Lingolsheim ranks above 66% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 12%
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 account for 15%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 18% in Lingolsheim, more than in 90% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Lingolsheim has 13%. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 90% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Lingolsheim ranks above 75% of compared French towns on single residents: 29%
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
On married residents, Lingolsheim sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 44%. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lingolsheim: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 64% 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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (20,239 to 21,443 people), the 17th 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.
The youngest is Carrières-sous-Poissy (32.6), the oldest Concarneau (53.9).
No nearby town is as young as Lingolsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingolsheim | 39.1 | 19% | 1.6% | 18% |
| Ostwald 13,946 · 1.2 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 0.9% | 16% |
| Eckbolsheim 7,157 · 1.5 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Wolfisheim 4,217 · 2.2 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Holtzheim 3,850 · 2.2 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 0.5% | 7.7% |
| Illkirch-Graffenstaden 27,872 · 2.6 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 2,597 · 2.6 mi | 47 | 27% | 1% | 7.8% |
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 Lingolsheim
What is the population of Lingolsheim?
20,826 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (16,941).
How old are Lingolsheim’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lingolsheim?
160, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lingolsheim?
INSEE counts 3,720 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 2,620 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lingolsheim?
€24,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.4% 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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