Only 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Obenheim
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Obenheim has 4.7%. Locally, 5.7% of households have no car. With a median age of 49.1, Obenheim is older than 80% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,403, in 630 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.
±0% since 2012: slower than 69% 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 +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 62% of compared French towns, at 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Obenheim 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%). For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Obenheim sits below 80% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
Couples with children make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 61% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.3%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 6%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €28,720 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.
The median standard of living in Obenheim is €28,720 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Across Obenheim, 37% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 5.1% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 20.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 90% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Obenheim. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,403 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Obenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obenheim | 49.1 | 22% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 1.7 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 2.7 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 4.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 4.6 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5.1 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 7.7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Obenheim
What is the population of Obenheim?
1,403 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,402).
How old are Obenheim’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Obenheim?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Obenheim?
INSEE counts 71 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Obenheim?
€28,720 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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