Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are one person living alone in Gries. Locally, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker. With a median age of 47.2, Gries is older than 70% of compared French towns. Its 1,230 households held 2,868 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
Gries changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 59% 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%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 8.7% 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
■ Gries 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 21% in Gries, about two in ten. Across the 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: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 3.8%, a lower share than 99% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Gries, 32%. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
Second homes make up 0.3% in Gries, less than in 98% 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 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 74% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.9% of households have no car.
Median living standard: €30,340 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 Gries is €30,340 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 86% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 5.0% of residents.
Gries: 36% of households are headed by a retired person, above 68% 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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. 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).
Gries ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.2%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 81% of compared French towns: 1.8%. By way of comparison, 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.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
The share of single residents is 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Gries
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, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,841 to 2,895 people, the 20th 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.
Colombier-Saugnieu is the youngest (40.3); L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île the oldest (66.6).
Older than Gries: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gries | 47.2 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.2% |
| Weitbruch 2,711 · 1.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.5% | 3% |
| Bischwiller 12,242 · 2.1 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 15% |
| Weyersheim 3,512 · 2.7 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder 3,992 · 3.1 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Geudertheim 2,727 · 3.4 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 4.1 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 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 Gries
What is the population of Gries?
2,868 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,791).
How old are Gries’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gries?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gries?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gries?
€30,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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