2.4% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of single-parent households (16%), Nambsheim is above 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 576 people lived in the town, in 250 households. Here, 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 84% 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.
What stands out about the people of Nambsheim
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nambsheim, 11% of its 300 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 14% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nambsheim had 601 residents at the 2012 census and 576 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 11%, a higher share than 89% 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
Households in social housing: 6.4% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 27% of homes are flats, or about one in four.
Nambsheim changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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, −2% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
Nambsheim is older than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nambsheim 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 80% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nambsheim has more couples with children than 69% of compared French towns, at 29%.
A typical living standard of €30,180 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,180 a year: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Only 20% of households are headed by a retired person in Nambsheim
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are headed by a manual worker in Nambsheim. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nambsheim ranks above 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 13%
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.
Foreign nationals: 11% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for single residents is 24% in Nambsheim and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 16%
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
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 576 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Nambsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nambsheim | 45.7 | 17% | 11% | 13% |
| Volgelsheim 2,720 · 5.6 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2% | 24% |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine 3,004 · 9.7 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| Ensisheim 7,306 · 11 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 12.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Ruelisheim 2,519 · 12.3 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 12.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
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 Nambsheim
What is the population of Nambsheim?
576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (601).
How old are Nambsheim’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nambsheim?
34, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nambsheim?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nambsheim?
€30,180 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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