Households without a car: 3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.7% in Bergholtz. The town has fewer one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 28%. At the 2023 Census, 1,039 people lived locally, in 470 households. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in five here (19%).
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.
What stands out about the people of Bergholtz
An older town
Half of Bergholtz’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Bergholtz behind 79% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
A median age of 50.9: Bergholtz is older than 86% 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
■ Bergholtz 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bergholtz. Roughly three in ten: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 53% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.7%.
22% of homes are flats, below 63% 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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.7% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are rarer here than in 71% of compared French towns. Second homes: 1.9%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €29,820 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,820 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 87% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.1% of residents are immigrants, below 63% of compared French towns
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.
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 54%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Bergholtz. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Bergholtz, less than in 78% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Bergholtz, 32%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,039 to 2,582 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bergholtz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergholtz | 50.9 | 29% | 1.9% | 5.1% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 1.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 2.3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 2.7 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
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 Bergholtz
What is the population of Bergholtz?
1,039 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,063).
How old are Bergholtz’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bergholtz?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bergholtz?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bergholtz?
€29,820 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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