Households without a car make up 3.9% in Walbourg, less than in 94% of compared French towns
With second homes at 0.2%, Walbourg is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. This Bas-Rhin town had 928 residents in 390 households at the 2023 Census. About one in three: that is how common couples with children are in Walbourg (31%). Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Since 2012, Walbourg has grown +12%, faster than 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Walbourg is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Walbourg 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Walbourg sits below 83% of compared French towns for households in social housing (5.7%)
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
With empty homes at 8.6%, Walbourg is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In Walbourg, 18% of homes are flats.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,420 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 €29,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Walbourg sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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
30% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 9.1% in Walbourg.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 2.4% of 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Walbourg comes in at 1%. 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Single residents make up 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.6%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 928 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as young as Walbourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walbourg | 42.5 | 18% | 0.2% | 2.4% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 4.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 5.2 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 5.2 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 5.5 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 5.5 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 5.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
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 Walbourg
What is the population of Walbourg?
928 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (829).
How old are Walbourg’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Walbourg?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Walbourg?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Walbourg?
€29,420 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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