Above 84% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker
The median age in Wasselonne is 46.8, higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 5,780 residents and 2,600 households here. Flats make up about one in two here (45%). The figure for one-person households is 32% in Wasselonne and 35% in the typical compared French town.
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.
Wasselonne changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 61% 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
The median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +2%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 60% of compared French towns: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wasselonne 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Wasselonne. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 57% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 9.6% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
10% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 59% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. Wasselonne has fewer second homes than 61% of compared French towns, at 1.6%. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes: 7.7% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,220 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 residents live in households above €26,220 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Wasselonne ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.6% of residents in Wasselonne 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. At 4.3%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
Wasselonne sits above 71% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 65% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,732 to 5,826 people, the 14th oldest
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 Viry (35.9), the youngest, and Montmorillon (57.4), the oldest.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Wasselonne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasselonne | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 2.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 4.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 7 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 7.2 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 7.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 8 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
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 Wasselonne
What is the population of Wasselonne?
5,780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (5,662).
How old are Wasselonne’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wasselonne?
45, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wasselonne?
INSEE counts 380 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wasselonne?
€26,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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