1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 84% of compared French towns: 5.5%. Across Westhoffen, 30% of households are couples with children. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker. At the 2023 Census, 1,720 people lived in the town, in 760 households.
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.
Westhoffen’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 57% 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 −1% and the next six +4%.
Westhoffen is older than 54% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Westhoffen 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Westhoffen. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Westhoffen, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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 2.3 people each. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.8% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 75% of compared French towns, at 9.4%
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
At 1.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a quarter of homes are flats in Westhoffen.
€29,130 a year: the median standard of living
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 €29,130 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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%; Westhoffen has 1.9%. As a yardstick, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
In Westhoffen, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,720 to 2,582 people, the 17th youngest
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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Westhoffen are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhoffen | 44.6 | 21% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 2.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 2.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 4.6 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 5.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 5.7 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 6.8 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
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 Westhoffen
What is the population of Westhoffen?
1,720 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,669).
How old are Westhoffen’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Westhoffen?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Westhoffen?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Westhoffen?
€29,130 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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