Schlierbach ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.7%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of households have no car in Schlierbach. Its 540 households held 1,299 residents at the 2023 Census. 21% of households are one person living alone. On residents aged 15 to 24, Schlierbach sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%.
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.
Faster growth than 80% of compared French towns: Schlierbach changed by +14% since 2012
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, +8% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
A median age of 43.5: Schlierbach is younger than 53% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Schlierbach 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Schlierbach, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Schlierbach, more than in 87% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.5% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer flats than 83% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in three quarters of compared French towns: 9.3% of homes stand empty. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €41,880 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 median standard of living in Schlierbach is €41,880 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a retired person, below 80% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 18% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% 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).
5.7% of Schlierbach’s residents are immigrants
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 median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.5%, close to the figure 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.
Schlierbach: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Schlierbach has 17%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Schlierbach sits below 90% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,299 to 2,582 people, the 15th youngest
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.
Older than Schlierbach: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schlierbach | 43.5 | 21% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 3.1 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Habsheim 5,076 · 3.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.8% | 5.8% |
| Kembs 5,834 · 4.7 mi | 40.5 | 15% | 1.7% | 15% |
| Rixheim 14,380 · 4.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Riedisheim 12,200 · 4.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 4.9 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
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 Schlierbach
What is the population of Schlierbach?
1,299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,137).
How old are Schlierbach’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schlierbach?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schlierbach?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schlierbach?
€41,880 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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