Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
In Sessenheim, 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 950 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 2,342 residents. Households without a car: 5% of the total. At 15%, the share of flats is lower than in 77% 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 Sessenheim
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sessenheim grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 59% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 69% 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
■ Sessenheim 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Sessenheim is 45, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.2%). Across the comparison, 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%.
In Sessenheim, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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 common here: 11%, more than in three fifths of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
85% of homes are houses
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. At 1.2%, the share of second homes is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. One household in 20 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €29,540 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.
Living standards centre on €29,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns. 6.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Only 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Sessenheim
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 12% in Sessenheim, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 59% of compared French towns: 5.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Sessenheim (7.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Sessenheim comes in at 20%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Sessenheim sits below 65% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,342 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Sessenheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessenheim | 45 | 19% | 1.2% | 7.1% |
| Soufflenheim 4,740 · 2.7 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Drusenheim 5,388 · 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.3% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 5.7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Herrlisheim 4,694 · 6 mi | 48 | 24% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Bischwiller 12,242 · 6.4 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 15% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 8.1 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
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 Sessenheim
What is the population of Sessenheim?
2,342 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,190).
How old are Sessenheim’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sessenheim?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sessenheim?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sessenheim?
€29,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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