Ensisheim: 13% of households are single parents, above 85% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Ensisheim has 19%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 7,306, in 3,130 households. Flats account for 41%. The median age in the town is 42.3, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
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.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 59% of compared French towns: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ensisheim 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Ensisheim sits below 59% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here just over a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Households in social housing make up 17% in Ensisheim, more than in 69% 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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). At 8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 67% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 0.9% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €26,770 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 Ensisheim’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,770 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 11.0% of residents are below the line.
Ensisheim sits below 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.1%)
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.3% of Ensisheim’s residents
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.5% in Ensisheim.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 42%, a lower share than 54% 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
Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ensisheim
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th youngest 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 Gières (36), the oldest Perros-Guirec (62.4).
Ensisheim is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensisheim | 42.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Ruelisheim 2,519 · 2.5 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| Pulversheim 3,069 · 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 0.3% | 5.6% |
| Wittenheim 15,553 · 3.7 mi | 42 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 4.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 4.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Staffelfelden 4,072 · 4.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
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 Ensisheim
What is the population of Ensisheim?
7,306 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (7,336).
How old are Ensisheim’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ensisheim?
30, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ensisheim?
INSEE counts 460 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ensisheim?
€26,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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