Couples with children: 37%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 5% of households have no car. Olwisheim is home to 484 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. By its share of households headed by a retired person (41%), Olwisheim is above 87% of compared French towns.
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 Olwisheim
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 2.4% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Olwisheim changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 83% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Half of Olwisheim is over 49, older than 79% 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
■ Olwisheim 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 25%. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 52% 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%.
One-person households make up 22% in Olwisheim, less than in 98% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Olwisheim sits below 79% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.7%)
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, 4.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 37% have stayed 30 years or more. Nearly a fifth of homes are flats, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.4%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €31,170 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €31,170 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Olwisheim, 17%. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Olwisheim sits below 70% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.3%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.7%), Olwisheim is below 69% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 58%
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
By its share of single residents (18%), Olwisheim is below 97% of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 89% 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
Two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Olwisheim is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olwisheim | 49 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Vendenheim 6,137 · 2.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Brumath 10,499 · 2.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Lampertheim 3,457 · 3.3 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 7.3% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Geudertheim 2,727 · 4.1 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
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 Olwisheim
What is the population of Olwisheim?
484 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (501).
How old are Olwisheim’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Olwisheim?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Olwisheim?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Olwisheim?
€31,170 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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