Households in social housing: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Half of Willgottheim’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. There were 430 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,057 residents. The share of one-person households stands at 26%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Willgottheim has 24%.
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.
−3% since 2012: slower than 80% 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
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −3% to 2023.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Willgottheim 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Willgottheim, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 79% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. On single-parent households, Willgottheim sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 8.2%. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 5.8%, a lower share than 82% 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
Flats: 26%, below 57% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. On second homes, Willgottheim sits lower than 63% of compared French towns: 1.5%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,480 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.
Living standards centre on €30,480 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 67% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Willgottheim has 12%. On average, 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).
Below 92% of compared French towns: 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
3.5% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Willgottheim has more married residents than 54% of compared French towns, at 43%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Willgottheim, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Willgottheim, 32%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,057 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Willgottheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willgottheim | 48.5 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 3.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 3.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 4.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 5.9 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 6.2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 6.3 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 Willgottheim
What is the population of Willgottheim?
1,057 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,085).
How old are Willgottheim’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Willgottheim?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Willgottheim?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Willgottheim?
€30,480 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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