Only 5.6% of households are single parents in Monswiller
With households headed by a retired person at 38%, Monswiller is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. The town has fewer second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 0.8%. At the 2023 Census Monswiller was home to 1,995 people in 890 households. On the census count, 8.8% of homes stand empty.
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 Monswiller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Monswiller had 2,118 residents at the 2012 census and 1,995 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 90% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Monswiller is over 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monswiller 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 65% of compared French towns: 32%
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 average household has 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Monswiller comes in at 27%.
Households in social housing make up 8.3% in Monswiller, less than in 69% 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
Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of homes are flats in Monswiller.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,170 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.
Half of Monswiller’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,170 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Monswiller, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 60% 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
Across Monswiller, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 7.8%, a higher share than 59% 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.
With foreign nationals at 5.5%, Monswiller is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 47% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Monswiller sits below 61% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (27%)
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 Monswiller, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,995 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Monswiller is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monswiller | 47.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 1.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 4.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 6.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 8.6 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
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 Monswiller
What is the population of Monswiller?
1,995 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,118).
How old are Monswiller’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monswiller?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monswiller?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monswiller?
€26,170 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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