Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
The share of one-person households is 23%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Wimmenau counted 1,070 residents and 460 households at the 2023 Census. 8% of homes are flats, or about one in 13. With a median age of 48.9, Wimmenau is older than 79% 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 Wimmenau
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wimmenau had 1,133 residents at the 2012 census and 1,070 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 90% 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 change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
In Wimmenau, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 70% 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
■ Wimmenau 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.9% in Wimmenau and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
6.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Wimmenau has 30%. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
Wimmenau sits above 84% of compared French towns for second homes (7.4%)
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
The figure for households without a car is 6% in Wimmenau and 11% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, on empty homes, Wimmenau sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 4.8%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 3.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 41%.
Median standard of living: €27,740 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.
At €27,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. 20% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Wimmenau
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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 45: 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals. Set beside that, 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.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Wimmenau. 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 87% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Wimmenau has 24%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,070 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Wimmenau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimmenau | 48.9 | 25% | 7.4% | 3.4% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 3.6 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 6.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 9.6 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 9.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 10.3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 10.9 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Wimmenau
What is the population of Wimmenau?
1,070 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,133).
How old are Wimmenau’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wimmenau?
39, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wimmenau?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wimmenau?
€27,740 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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