Single-parent households make up 6% in Steinbourg, less than in 96% of compared French towns
The median age in Steinbourg is 48.6, higher than in 77% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Steinbourg was home to 1,897 people in 840 households. 6.3% of households have no car, or about one in 16. Here 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%.
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 Steinbourg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Steinbourg had 1,997 residents at the 2012 census and 1,897 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Steinbourg has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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 first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −5%.
Steinbourg sits above 72% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Steinbourg 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Steinbourg, 9%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 88% of compared French towns: 27%
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Steinbourg has more couples with children than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 28%. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Fewer flats than 66% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Of all households, 5.2% moved in during the last two years and 37% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. By its share of empty homes (8%), Steinbourg is above 64% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €27,100 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,100 a year: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in nine.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.2% of residents are immigrants in Steinbourg
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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. 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.
In Steinbourg, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Steinbourg has 21%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Steinbourg
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Steinbourg comes in at 25%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,897 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as old as Steinbourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbourg | 48.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 2.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 2.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 4.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 5.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 7.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
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 Steinbourg
What is the population of Steinbourg?
1,897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,997).
How old are Steinbourg’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Steinbourg?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Steinbourg?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Steinbourg?
€27,100 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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