Photo: Pehaha · CC BY-SA 3.0Schiltigheim is younger than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.8
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly nine in ten homes are flats here. Schiltigheim had 34,708 residents in 16,460 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 25% of households rent social housing (HLM). 29% of households have no car, more than in 95% 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 Schiltigheim
Immigrants
INSEE counts 7,600 immigrants in Schiltigheim (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Schiltigheim’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 17% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Schiltigheim’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 68% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Schiltigheim sits below 89% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (15%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Schiltigheim 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 in Schiltigheim. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Schiltigheim, 46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 85% 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
The figure for couples with children is 22% in Schiltigheim and 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.7% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Empty homes make up 8.6% in Schiltigheim, more than in 70% 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: 1.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 12% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A typical living standard of €21,940 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.
The median standard of living in Schiltigheim is €21,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns. 27.8% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a retired person
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
19% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 22%
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.
17% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Schiltigheim ranks above 90% of compared French towns on single residents: 34%
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 Schiltigheim, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Schiltigheim, 41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 81% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Schiltigheim (20%). For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 32,455 to 37,113
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Creil is the youngest (31.8); Saint-Raphaël the oldest (58.9).
Of the 6 towns nearest Schiltigheim, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schiltigheim | 36.8 | 15% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Bischheim 18,558 · 0.6 mi | 39 | 17% | 1.2% | 22% |
| Hœnheim 11,742 · 1.3 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 16% |
| Souffelweyersheim 8,239 · 1.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Strasbourg 293,771 · 2 mi | 33.2 | 15% | 4.9% | 24% |
| Oberhausbergen 5,857 · 2.6 mi | 43.8 | 24% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Reichstett 4,732 · 2.7 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 11% |
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 Schiltigheim
What is the population of Schiltigheim?
34,708 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (31,691).
How old are Schiltigheim’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schiltigheim?
280, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schiltigheim?
INSEE counts 7,640 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 5,970 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schiltigheim?
€21,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.8% 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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