One-person households make up 26% in Plobsheim, less than in 92% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 6.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Plobsheim’s population at 4,492, in 1,870 households. One in ten households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in ten. The town has fewer households in social housing than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 7.5%.
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.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 67% 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 Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six +1%.
Half of Plobsheim is over 45, older than 56% 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
■ Plobsheim 45. The median compared French town: 44.
In Plobsheim, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Plobsheim ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns.
4.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 77% 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 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Second homes make up about one in 100 here (1%). Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are flats. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,040 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 Plobsheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 8.0% of residents.
Plobsheim ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 15%
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 retired person trails 60% of compared French towns: 31%. The wider picture: 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).
7% of Plobsheim’s 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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 20: 4.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Plobsheim and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Plobsheim. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 4,463 to 4,521 people, the 16th youngest
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 Jacob-Bellecombette (36.6), the youngest, and Banyuls-sur-Mer (60.7), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Plobsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plobsheim | 45 | 21% | 1% | 7% |
| Eschau 5,878 · 1.2 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 6.8% |
| Fegersheim 5,780 · 2.3 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Lipsheim 2,702 · 3.3 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Illkirch-Graffenstaden 27,872 · 4.1 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 4.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Geispolsheim 7,919 · 4.7 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
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 Plobsheim
What is the population of Plobsheim?
4,492 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (4,110).
How old are Plobsheim’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plobsheim?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plobsheim?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plobsheim?
€30,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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