In Wilwisheim, 37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Wilwisheim, 21%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 300 households held 772 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 18: that is how common households without a car are in Wilwisheim (5.7%).
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 Wilwisheim
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 1.8% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Wilwisheim ahead of 65% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Bas-Rhin.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Wilwisheim
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wilwisheim 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Still, the median age in Wilwisheim is 44.2, higher than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Wilwisheim sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (16%)
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
There are 2.6 people in the average household. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 1.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Wilwisheim, 13% of homes are flats, fewer than in 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
Second homes: 0.6% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 8.9%.
Standard of living at the median: €29,770 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 €29,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Wilwisheim ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.8%
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 47%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 95% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Here, 2.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 54% 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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Wilwisheim comes in at 16%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 772 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Wilwisheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilwisheim | 44.2 | 18% | 0.6% | 2.6% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 3 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 5.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 6.6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 7.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Berstett 2,517 · 7.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
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 Wilwisheim
What is the population of Wilwisheim?
772 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (711).
How old are Wilwisheim’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wilwisheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wilwisheim?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wilwisheim?
€29,770 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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