Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.9% of households have no car
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Mackenheim has 23%. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Mackenheim (27%). Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census Mackenheim was home to 768 people in 340 households.
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.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Mackenheim behind 54% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and ±0% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Mackenheim is over 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mackenheim 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Mackenheim, 21%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 14% of households are single parents
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 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. At 28%, the share of couples with children is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 65% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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
In the last two years, 9.6% of households moved in; at the other end, 34% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €29,190 a year in standard of living
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 Mackenheim is €29,190 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
In Mackenheim, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Mackenheim has 12%. Typically, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 6.3% in Mackenheim, more than in 66% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 8.3% in Mackenheim and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Locally, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 768 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Mackenheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenheim | 46.5 | 21% | 1.7% | 8.3% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 1.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 7.1 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 7.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 9.7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 9.8 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Horbourg-Wihr 6,199 · 10.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.2% | 7.3% |
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 Mackenheim
What is the population of Mackenheim?
768 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (740).
How old are Mackenheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mackenheim?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mackenheim?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mackenheim?
€29,190 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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