A median age of 48.7: Bergholtzzell is older than 78% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 385 residents in 180 households: that is Bergholtzzell at the 2023 Census. Empty homes account for 10%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 71% of compared French towns: 13%.
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 Bergholtzzell
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bergholtzzell had 450 residents at the 2012 census and 385 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bergholtzzell changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 85% 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
■ Bergholtzzell 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Bergholtzzell. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 69% of compared French towns: 31%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Bergholtzzell has 27%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people.
6.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 78% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Census figures put second homes at 0.5% in Bergholtzzell. Flats: 26% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €31,170 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 Bergholtzzell’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,170 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 72% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Bergholtzzell has 17%. Typically, 32% 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).
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, a lower share than 89% 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.
In Bergholtzzell, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. For comparison, 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.
Bergholtzzell ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Married residents: 48%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 385 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Bergholtzzell: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergholtzzell | 48.7 | 22% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 1.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 2.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 2.1 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 3.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 3.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 5.1 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 Bergholtzzell
What is the population of Bergholtzzell?
385 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (450).
How old are Bergholtzzell’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bergholtzzell?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bergholtzzell?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bergholtzzell?
€31,170 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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