One-person households make up 19% in Mietesheim, less than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manager or professional at 5.8%, Mietesheim is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count. This Bas-Rhin town had 661 residents in 260 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households without a car at 4.2% in the town. Fewer flats than in 95% of compared French towns: 5%.
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 Mietesheim
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.9% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 65% 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 those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 46.4: Mietesheim is older than 66% 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
■ Mietesheim 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Mietesheim, 21% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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
By its share of single-parent households (7.9%), Mietesheim is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. Each household has 2.6 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
3.5% of homes are second homes, more than in 67% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 7.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,700 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 €29,700 a year: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 70% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
For Mietesheim, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. 5.8% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, below 81% of compared French towns
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 Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Locally, 3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Mietesheim has 28%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 661 to 2,582
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 of 6 neighbors are older than Mietesheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mietesheim | 46.4 | 21% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 2.1 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 2.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 2.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 3.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 5.2 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 5.6 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 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 Mietesheim
What is the population of Mietesheim?
661 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (654).
How old are Mietesheim’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mietesheim?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mietesheim?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mietesheim?
€29,700 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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