In Balgau, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a manual worker here. There were 390 households in Balgau at the 2023 Census, home to 947 residents. On the census count, 13% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-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.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Balgau: +1%
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
In Balgau, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Balgau 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Balgau has 18%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 82% 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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Census figures put single-parent households at 10% in Balgau. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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
Empty homes make up 7.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.2% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €31,610 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 Balgau’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,610 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 28%, a lower share than 75% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 6.4% in Balgau and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.4% of residents in Balgau are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Locally, 5.2% 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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
The share of single residents trails 86% of compared French towns: 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Balgau, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 947 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Balgau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balgau | 46.3 | 18% | 3.2% | 7.4% |
| Volgelsheim 2,720 · 6 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2% | 24% |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine 3,004 · 9.1 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| Ensisheim 7,306 · 10 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Ruelisheim 2,519 · 11.3 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 11.3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 11.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
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 Balgau
What is the population of Balgau?
947 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (934).
How old are Balgau’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Balgau?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Balgau?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Balgau?
€31,610 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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