Scherlenheim sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
In Scherlenheim, three in five households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. This Bas-Rhin town had 112 residents in 47 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 28% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 84% 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 Scherlenheim
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Scherlenheim had 126 residents at the 2012 census and 112 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Scherlenheim changed by −11% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
A median age of 48.7: Scherlenheim is older than 78% 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
■ Scherlenheim 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Scherlenheim is below 61% 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%.
30% of households are one person living alone, below 77% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households average 2.4 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Scherlenheim, 10% of households have no car, fewer than in 52% 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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 49%. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,340 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 Scherlenheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,340 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 10% in Scherlenheim, less than in 77% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 0.8% in Scherlenheim, less than in 96% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Scherlenheim sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
In Scherlenheim, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 84% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 26% in Scherlenheim and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 112 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).
Scherlenheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scherlenheim | 48.7 | 28% | 0% | 2.5% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 1.8 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 3.1 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 4.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 6.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 7 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 7.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
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 Scherlenheim
What is the population of Scherlenheim?
112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (126).
How old are Scherlenheim’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Scherlenheim?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Scherlenheim?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Scherlenheim?
€29,340 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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