0.9% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
7% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). On the census count, a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Urbeis’s population at 309, in 140 households.
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 Urbeis
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Urbeis, 22% of its 210 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 2.8% in Urbeis, less than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Urbeis has 3.9%. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Urbeis, the census puts second homes at 22%. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 72% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Urbeis is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Urbeis 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% 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
By its share of couples with children (24%), Urbeis is below 58% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
A typical living standard of €27,870 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 €27,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
For Urbeis, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. 25% of Urbeis’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 35% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Urbeis
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 40: 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 14% of residents 15 and over are single in Urbeis
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 half of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 309 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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).
Urbeis is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbeis | 49.8 | 29% | 22% | 3.2% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 5.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 9.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 9.6 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 9.9 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 10.3 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 11.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Urbeis
What is the population of Urbeis?
309 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (311).
How old are Urbeis’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Urbeis?
46, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Urbeis?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Urbeis?
€27,870 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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