Schwobsheim ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 43%
Households without a car: 3.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 323 residents and 130 households in Schwobsheim. For Schwobsheim, the census puts households in social housing at 0.8%.
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 Schwobsheim
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Schwobsheim had 342 residents at the 2012 census and 323 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Schwobsheim: −6%
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%.
Schwobsheim is younger than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Schwobsheim 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Schwobsheim (10%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
A lower share of flats than 90% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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
Some 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. Here, 0.7% of homes are second homes. Schwobsheim has fewer empty homes than 60% of compared French towns, at 6%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,600 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 residents live in households above €28,600 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 12%. Elsewhere, 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).
Only 3.9% of residents are immigrants in Schwobsheim
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 census found that 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Schwobsheim. That is lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Single residents account for 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Schwobsheim ranks below 55% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
On graduates of higher education, Schwobsheim sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 30%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 323 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Schwobsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwobsheim | 41.5 | 13% | 0.7% | 3.9% |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 3.9 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 5 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 8.1 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 8.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 8.6 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
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 Schwobsheim
What is the population of Schwobsheim?
323 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (342).
How old are Schwobsheim’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schwobsheim?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schwobsheim?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schwobsheim?
€28,600 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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