Above 85% of compared French towns: 62% of homes are flats
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 19% in Molsheim and 14% in the typical compared French town. More households in social housing than in 64% of compared French towns: 16%. This Bas-Rhin town had 9,318 residents in 4,300 households at the 2023 Census. 1% of homes are second homes, or about one in 100.
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.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 66% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A median age of 44.8: Molsheim is older than 55% 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
■ Molsheim 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 22% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 62% of compared French towns: 38%
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 quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Molsheim. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 15% in Molsheim, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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
One household in seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). At 7.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,460 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.
Half of Molsheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Molsheim comes in at 11%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 9.5% in Molsheim, more than in 68% 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 Molsheim, 6.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants 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.
In Molsheim, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 61% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 5.5%, and 7.8% are widowed.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns, at 32%
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, nearly a fifth 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.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 9,180 to 9,461
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 Vert-Saint-Denis (35.7), the youngest, and Sarzeau (63.6), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Molsheim, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molsheim | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 1.2 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 2 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 3.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 3.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 3.7 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 5.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
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 Molsheim
What is the population of Molsheim?
9,318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (9,227).
How old are Molsheim’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Molsheim?
46, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Molsheim?
INSEE counts 880 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 640 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Molsheim?
€26,460 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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