Biesheim sits above 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
30% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. At the 2023 Census Biesheim was home to 2,499 people in 1,110 households. Households in social housing: 21% of the total. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 80% of compared French towns: 9.1%.
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.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Biesheim behind 71% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haut-Rhin town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 46.1: Biesheim is older than 64% 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
■ Biesheim 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 average 2.3 people. More single-parent households than in 58% of compared French towns: 11%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 4.8%, a lower share than 77% 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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. For Biesheim, the census puts households without a car at 8.5%. The town has fewer second homes than 62% of compared French towns, at 1.6%.
A median of €27,900 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 median standard of living in Biesheim is €27,900 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person: 34%, a higher share than 58% 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
8% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. As a yardstick, 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 81% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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 share of immigrants is 11%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% 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.
Biesheim ranks above 92% of compared French towns on married residents: 50%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Biesheim comes in at 21%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Biesheim, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Biesheim. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,499 to 2,582 people, 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.
Biesheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biesheim | 46.1 | 21% | 1.6% | 11% |
| Volgelsheim 2,720 · 1.7 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2% | 24% |
| Horbourg-Wihr 6,199 · 7.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.2% | 7.3% |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine 3,004 · 7.8 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 8.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Colmar 66,970 · 9.4 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 4.8% | 17% |
| Wintzenheim 8,059 · 11.4 mi | 46 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.7% |
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 Biesheim
What is the population of Biesheim?
2,499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,506).
How old are Biesheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Biesheim?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Biesheim?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (9.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Biesheim?
€27,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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