Couples with children: 41%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In Schaeffersheim, 3.3% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 878 residents and 350 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 13% of homes are flats. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 19% here, fewer than in 71% 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 Schaeffersheim
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 5.5% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 52% of compared French towns: Schaeffersheim changed by +5% since 2012
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 ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Half of Schaeffersheim is over 45.2, older than 58% 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
■ Schaeffersheim 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 82% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 2.3% of homes are second homes. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€30,820 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,820 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
5.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 95% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (30%), Schaeffersheim is below 63% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Schaeffersheim ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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 lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Schaeffersheim, the census puts foreign nationals at 2%.
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
The share of single residents trails 81% of compared French towns: 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (33%), Schaeffersheim is above just over three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 878 to 2,582 people
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).
Schaeffersheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaeffersheim | 45.2 | 19% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Erstein 10,790 · 2 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 4.2 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Lipsheim 2,702 · 4.7 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Gerstheim 3,490 · 4.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 5.1 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Fegersheim 5,780 · 5.2 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 1% | 8.8% |
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 Schaeffersheim
What is the population of Schaeffersheim?
878 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (833).
How old are Schaeffersheim’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schaeffersheim?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schaeffersheim?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schaeffersheim?
€30,820 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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