Above 99% of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker
The figure for households in social housing is 3.3% in Soufflenheim and 12% in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns. The town had 4,740 residents in 2,080 households at the 2023 census. For Soufflenheim, the census puts empty homes at 9.5%.
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 Soufflenheim
Fewer residents than in 2012
Soufflenheim had 4,950 residents at the 2012 census and 4,740 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 86% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Half of Soufflenheim is over 46.4, older than 66% 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
■ Soufflenheim 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Soufflenheim, 9.7%. For Soufflenheim, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Soufflenheim: 29% of households are couples with children, above 68% 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: 8%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households without a car: 8.2%, a lower share than 66% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. 29% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,700 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 Soufflenheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,700 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 67% 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
Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 31% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.5% of residents are immigrants, more than in 68% 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.
In Soufflenheim, 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Soufflenheim sits below 84% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Soufflenheim has 26%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,700 to 4,780 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 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (36.3), the oldest Salies-de-Béarn (57.6).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Soufflenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soufflenheim | 46.4 | 23% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Drusenheim 5,388 · 4.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.3% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 5.4 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 5.4 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Bischwiller 12,242 · 6.4 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 15% |
| Herrlisheim 4,694 · 7.3 mi | 48 | 24% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 7.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 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 Soufflenheim
What is the population of Soufflenheim?
4,740 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,950).
How old are Soufflenheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soufflenheim?
51, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soufflenheim?
INSEE counts 450 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soufflenheim?
€26,700 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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