A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Census day 2023: 585 residents and 250 households in Salmbach. By its share of households without a car (4.9%), Salmbach is below 89% 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.
Salmbach changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Salmbach is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salmbach 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.9%), Salmbach is below 66% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Salmbach ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.8%
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 2.3 people each. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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
The share of empty homes is 9.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 34% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8% moved in within the last two years.
A median of €29,500 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.
At €29,500 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Salmbach sits above 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Salmbach and 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 17% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 81% of compared French towns: 13% 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.
12% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. For comparison, 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 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 69% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Salmbach has 21%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Salmbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmbach | 49.1 | 21% | 0.4% | 13% |
| Seltz 3,204 · 5.7 mi | 47.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 7 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 9.1 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 9.6 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 11.6 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Drusenheim 5,388 · 15.9 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.3% |
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 Salmbach
What is the population of Salmbach?
585 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (561).
How old are Salmbach’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salmbach?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salmbach?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salmbach?
€29,500 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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