Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Schœnbourg is over 52
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Schœnbourg had 366 residents in 170 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 4.3%. Second homes make up 7.7%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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 Schœnbourg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Schœnbourg had 440 residents at the 2012 census and 366 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Schœnbourg’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−17% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −14%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 55% of compared French towns: 23%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Schœnbourg 52. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in Schœnbourg. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 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
Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Census figures put couples with children at 28% in Schœnbourg. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A smaller share of households without a car than 53% of compared French towns: 10%
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. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 3.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 40% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 7.1%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,800 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,800 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Schœnbourg sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (37%)
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 38% in Schœnbourg and 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer 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 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 33: 3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 58%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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 80% of compared French towns: 22%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
30% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%).
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 366 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Schœnbourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schœnbourg | 52 | 23% | 7.7% | 3% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 7.8 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 9.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 10 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 10.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.9 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
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 Schœnbourg
What is the population of Schœnbourg?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (440).
How old are Schœnbourg’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schœnbourg?
15, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schœnbourg?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schœnbourg?
€26,800 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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