Gresswiller ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Gresswiller has 0.8%. At 5.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Its 660 households held 1,695 residents at the 2023 Census. In Gresswiller, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Bas-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 Gresswiller
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.4% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gresswiller changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gresswiller 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Gresswiller is 43.5, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 5.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
Gresswiller ranks below 84% of compared French towns on flats: 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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.2% of homes stand empty. Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 2% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €30,100 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 midpoint of living standards here is €30,100 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Gresswiller ranks above 66% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 12%
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 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Gresswiller comes in at 31%. Locally, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Gresswiller has 2.6%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 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
By its share of single residents (22%), Gresswiller is below 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Gresswiller sits below 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,695 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Gresswiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresswiller | 43.5 | 17% | 2% | 4.1% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 1.1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 2.6 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 3.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 4.3 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 5.6 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
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 Gresswiller
What is the population of Gresswiller?
1,695 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,629).
How old are Gresswiller’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gresswiller?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gresswiller?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gresswiller?
€30,100 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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