Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of households have no car
29% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.2% of homes are flats in Brinckheim. The median age in the town is 47.5, higher than in 72% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 402 residents locally, living in 170 households.
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 Brinckheim
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 2.9% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Brinckheim outgrew 83% of compared French towns: +16%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +17%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Brinckheim ranks below 82% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brinckheim 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Brinckheim. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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 Brinckheim, just over a third of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households stands at 2.9%.
98% of homes are houses
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. Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 37%. Brinckheim sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €43,580 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.
Living standards centre on €43,580 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 29% in Brinckheim, less than in 67% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Brinckheim comes in at 12%. Set beside that, 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Brinckheim. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brinckheim ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 58%
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
16% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% 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
37% of Brinckheim’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 11% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Brinckheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinckheim | 47.5 | 23% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 1.5 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 1.9 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 2.5 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Kembs 5,834 · 3.7 mi | 40.5 | 15% | 1.7% | 15% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 4.5 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 5.1 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 Brinckheim
What is the population of Brinckheim?
402 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (347).
How old are Brinckheim’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brinckheim?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brinckheim?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brinckheim?
€43,580 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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