19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Buschwiller is home to 1,047 residents in 480 households, by the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 7.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Buschwiller has 9.5%.
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 Buschwiller
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Buschwiller (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 10% for the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Buschwiller behind 53% 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 first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buschwiller 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.7, Buschwiller is older than just over three fifths of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (20%). To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Buschwiller, more than in 62% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Buschwiller sits below 77% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.5%)
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
One household in 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 21%, the share of flats is lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €45,690 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.
Living standards centre on €45,690 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 26%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Buschwiller. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Buschwiller ranks above 92% of compared French towns on immigrants: 20%
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.
18% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Buschwiller sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (52%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Buschwiller has 23%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 66% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,047 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Buschwiller, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buschwiller | 45.7 | 20% | 1.9% | 20% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 1 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 1.3 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 3 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 3.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
| Huningue 7,487 · 4.2 mi | 42 | 19% | 2.4% | 29% |
| Village-Neuf 4,709 · 4.4 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 3.4% | 18% |
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 Buschwiller
What is the population of Buschwiller?
1,047 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,005).
How old are Buschwiller’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buschwiller?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buschwiller?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buschwiller?
€45,690 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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