Bisel sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.6%)
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 230 households in Bisel at the 2023 Census, home to 537 residents. Locally, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker. Fewer households in social housing than in 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%.
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 Bisel
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bisel had 564 residents at the 2012 census and 537 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 87% 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 −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
Half of Bisel is over 46.6, older than 67% 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
■ Bisel 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Bisel comes in at 24%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Bisel sits above 92% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 6% in Bisel. Census figures put one-person households at 25% here.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 9.9% of homes are flats
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 38%. Bisel has more second homes than 53% of compared French towns, at 2.4%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
Median living standard: €35,930 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 residents live in households above €35,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 74% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 8%, Bisel is behind nearly three fifths of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 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).
In Bisel, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 62% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bisel: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Bisel has 21%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 537 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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Bisel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisel | 46.6 | 24% | 2.4% | 5.7% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 6.1 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Delle 5,623 · 10.4 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Grandvillars 2,947 · 11.5 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 11.8 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 13.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 13.8 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Bisel
What is the population of Bisel?
537 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (564).
How old are Bisel’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bisel?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bisel?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bisel?
€35,930 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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