Orschwiller: 36% of households are couples with children, above 95% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing trails 98% of compared French towns: 1.5%. Across Orschwiller, 3% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 38%, more than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. This Bas-Rhin town counted 635 residents and 270 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Orschwiller
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orschwiller, 11% of its 340 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 16% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 1.9% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Long tenure is the mark of 33% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.4% (under two years). Orschwiller has fewer flats than 63% of compared French towns, at 22%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 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
The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, +5%.
Older than 62% of compared French towns: half of Orschwiller is over 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orschwiller 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over in Orschwiller.
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%.
Orschwiller ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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
By its share of single-parent households (1.9%), Orschwiller is below 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Median living standard: €30,250 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 Orschwiller’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 13% in Orschwiller, more than in 70% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 11%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants: 2.1%, a lower share than 91% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.6% in Orschwiller and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Orschwiller sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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
Single residents: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 37%, a higher share than 73% 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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below 70% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 635 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Orschwiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orschwiller | 45.8 | 23% | 11% | 2.1% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 2.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 3.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 3.8 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 4.3 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 8.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 8.9 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 Orschwiller
What is the population of Orschwiller?
635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (634).
How old are Orschwiller’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orschwiller?
37, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orschwiller?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orschwiller?
€30,250 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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