20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census, 945 people lived in Nordheim, in 390 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.
What stands out about the people of Nordheim
Growing fast
Nordheim had 776 residents at the 2012 census and 945 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +22% since 2012, faster than 92% 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, +14% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Half of Nordheim is over 46.3, older than 65% 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
■ Nordheim 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 50% of compared French towns. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in Nordheim.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Nordheim, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 85% 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
Here 6.5% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Average household size: 2.4 people. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Nordheim sits below 72% of compared French towns for flats (18%)
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
By its share of empty homes (5.7%), Nordheim is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Second homes make up about one in 36 here (2.8%). For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Median living standard: €30,820 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.
At €30,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 74% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Nordheim comes in at 30%. Set beside that, 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).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Nordheim has 19%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Nordheim, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
38% of Nordheim’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 945 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Nordheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordheim | 46.3 | 22% | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 1.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 2.9 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 5.1 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 6.6 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Achenheim 2,637 · 6.6 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 7 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
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 Nordheim
What is the population of Nordheim?
945 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (776).
How old are Nordheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nordheim?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nordheim?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nordheim?
€30,820 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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