A smaller share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 99% of compared French towns: 32%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone. At the 2023 Census, 509 people lived in Weyer, in 230 households. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% 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 Weyer
Fewer residents than in 2012
Weyer had 614 residents at the 2012 census and 509 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Weyer changed by −17% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Weyer is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Weyer 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Weyer sits above 74% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 8.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
13% of homes are flats, fewer than in 81% 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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Lower than in three quarters of compared French towns: 6.8% of households have no car. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.2% of homes are second homes in Weyer.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,500 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 €26,500 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Weyer, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 90% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 29% in Weyer and 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison 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).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in Weyer
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.
Here 1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Weyer: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 78% 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: 25% of the total. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Weyer ranks below 87% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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: 21%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 509 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Weyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weyer | 49.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 6.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.9 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.6 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 11.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 12.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 14.4 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
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 Weyer
What is the population of Weyer?
509 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (614).
How old are Weyer’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Weyer?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Weyer?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Weyer?
€26,500 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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