Households without a car: 3%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
One-person households make up 22%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. At 1.8%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,560 residents and 670 households in Battenheim. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 12.
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.
+11% since 2012, a pace 72% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Battenheim is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Battenheim 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 2.2% in Battenheim, less than in 99% 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
Couples with children: 33%, above 86% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Second homes: 0.3%, a lower share than 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
With flats at 16%, Battenheim is behind 75% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.7% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €31,720 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 €31,720 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 63% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Against that, 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).
Below 75% of compared French towns: 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
With immigrants at 4.8%, Battenheim is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Battenheim comes in at 54%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Battenheim, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,560 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Battenheim, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battenheim | 46.5 | 22% | 0.3% | 4.8% |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 1.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Ruelisheim 2,519 · 1.5 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| Sausheim 5,666 · 2.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Wittenheim 15,553 · 2.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Kingersheim 13,354 · 3 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Illzach 14,923 · 3.3 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.1% | 20% |
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 Battenheim
What is the population of Battenheim?
1,560 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,409).
How old are Battenheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Battenheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Battenheim?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Battenheim?
€31,720 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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