Half of Strasbourg is under 33.2, younger than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Strasbourg comes in at 40%. Census day 2023: 293,771 residents and 142,330 households in the town. 4.9% of its homes are second homes; 24% of residents are immigrants. Few places have so few couples with children: 18% here, fewer than in just over four fifths 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 Strasbourg
A young town
Half of Strasbourg’s residents are under 33.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 17% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 70,000 immigrants in Strasbourg (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 24% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Strasbourg’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 59% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 20% in Strasbourg, more than in 99% 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
■ Strasbourg 33.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 49% in Strasbourg, more than in 92% 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
On average, 2 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
A higher share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 92%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 18%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 11%. Strasbourg has more households in social housing than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 22%. Here 8.6% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A typical living standard of €21,980 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 Strasbourg’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,980 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 29.6% of residents.
19% of households are headed by a retired person, below 96% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Strasbourg has 12%. At the same time, on households headed by a manager or professional, Strasbourg sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 19%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Strasbourg has 19%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Here nearly a third of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 118,489 to 514,819 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 29.4 in Lille to 43.7 in Paris 16e.
Strasbourg is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strasbourg | 33.2 | 15% | 4.9% | 24% |
| Schiltigheim 34,708 · 2 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Bischheim 18,558 · 2.5 mi | 39 | 17% | 1.2% | 22% |
| Ostwald 13,946 · 2.6 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 0.9% | 16% |
| Eckbolsheim 7,157 · 2.7 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Lingolsheim 20,826 · 3 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 1.6% | 18% |
| Hœnheim 11,742 · 3.2 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 16% |
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 Strasbourg
What is the population of Strasbourg?
293,771 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (274,394).
How old are Strasbourg’s residents?
The median age is 33.2, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Strasbourg?
8,010, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Strasbourg?
INSEE counts 70,020 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 24% of residents, and 55,620 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Strasbourg?
€21,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.6% 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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