Above 98% of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Marckolsheim has 29%. The town’s 1,870 households held 4,398 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 14: that is how common households without a car are in Marckolsheim (7.2%). More flats than in 64% of compared French towns: 40%.
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.
Marckolsheim grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 52% 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
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +6%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 69% of compared French towns: 9.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marckolsheim 44. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44, Marckolsheim is older than 50% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Marckolsheim, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 76% 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
Households average 2.3 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 11% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
13% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 6.9%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
€26,240 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €26,240 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 13.0% of residents are below the line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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 Marckolsheim, 31% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Marckolsheim: 13% of residents are immigrants, above 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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 9.6% in Marckolsheim. The wider picture: 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.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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%; Marckolsheim has 23%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 75% 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 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 4,363 to 4,432 people: this is the 12th 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.
Labège is the youngest (33); Valras-Plage the oldest (67).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Marckolsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marckolsheim | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 8.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 8.7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Horbourg-Wihr 6,199 · 8.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.2% | 7.3% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 10.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Volgelsheim 2,720 · 10.2 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2% | 24% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 10.4 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
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 Marckolsheim
What is the population of Marckolsheim?
4,398 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (4,171).
How old are Marckolsheim’s residents?
The median age is 44, older than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marckolsheim?
44, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marckolsheim?
INSEE counts 560 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 420 foreign nationals (9.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marckolsheim?
€26,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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