Weiterswiller ranks below 96% of compared French towns on flats: 4.7%
Here 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Weiterswiller had 515 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census. For Weiterswiller, the census puts households without a car at 5.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Weiterswiller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Weiterswiller had 569 residents at the 2012 census and 515 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Weiterswiller’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Weiterswiller changed by −9% since 2012
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 −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A median age of 50.8: Weiterswiller is older than 85% 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
■ Weiterswiller 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Weiterswiller comes in at 9.1%. 25% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 30% 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
In Weiterswiller, 27% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Weiterswiller sits lower than 73% of compared French towns: 8.5%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people.
Second homes: 9.2%, a higher share than 87% 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
9.5% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 3.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%.
Median standard of living: €26,570 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 €26,570 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 24%, a higher share than 94% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 31%, Weiterswiller is behind nearly three fifths of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Weiterswiller has 1.6%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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 99% of compared French towns: 56% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Weiterswiller has 18%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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: 17%, below 62% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 old as Weiterswiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weiterswiller | 50.8 | 25% | 9.2% | 3.3% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 3.3 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 3.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 7.1 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 8.1 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 9.2 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 9.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
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 Weiterswiller
What is the population of Weiterswiller?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (569).
How old are Weiterswiller’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Weiterswiller?
26, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Weiterswiller?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Weiterswiller?
€26,570 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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