40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 1.4% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Sand counted 1,417 residents and 560 households at the 2023 Census. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional. On empty homes, Sand sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
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 Sand
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 9.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Sand had 1,140 residents at the 2012 census and 1,417 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +24% change since 2012: Sand grew faster than 94% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The change was +13% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Sand, less than in 70% 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
■ Sand 42. The median compared French town: 44.
9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, the median age in Sand is 42, lower than in 65% 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%.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Sand
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 2.5 people each. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 9.8% of households are single parents. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 94% of compared French towns, at 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
Just over a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.6% moved in within the last two years. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 24%, the share of flats is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Second homes: 1.1%, below 76% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,250 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 Sand’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 96% 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
Just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in Sand, less than in 76% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Sand has 1.9%. Typically, 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 larger share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 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
The share of single residents trails 85% of compared French towns: 21%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Sand, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,417 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Sand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand | 42 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 1.1 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 2 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 3.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 4.2 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 6.1 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 6.9 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 Sand
What is the population of Sand?
1,417 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (1,140).
How old are Sand’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sand?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sand?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sand?
€28,250 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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