A median age of 54.2: Bouxwiller is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 170 households in Bouxwiller at the 2023 Census, home to 424 residents. Here, 8% of homes are flats. The share of one-person households trails 80% of compared French towns: 29%.
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 Bouxwiller
An older town
Half of Bouxwiller’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouxwiller had 445 residents at the 2012 census and 424 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.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 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
The median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −8%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouxwiller 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer single-parent households than 66% of compared French towns: 9%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Bouxwiller sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Bouxwiller sits above 80% of compared French towns for second homes (6%)
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 households without a car at 6.6%, Bouxwiller is behind 76% of compared French towns on that count. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes: 4.4% of the total.
A typical living standard of €39,390 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €39,390 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 12% in Bouxwiller and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Locally, 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 63% of compared French towns: 5.9% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 7.8% in Bouxwiller and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. As a reference point, 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Bouxwiller
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bouxwiller, 48%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 424 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Bouxwiller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouxwiller | 54.2 | 27% | 6% | 7.8% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 9.3 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 9.5 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 9.5 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 9.9 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 11.2 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 11.4 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
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 Bouxwiller
What is the population of Bouxwiller?
424 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (445).
How old are Bouxwiller’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouxwiller?
11, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouxwiller?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouxwiller?
€39,390 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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