A median age of 53.9: Windstein is older than 92% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). At the 2023 Census Windstein was home to 177 people in 79 households. With one-person households at 27%, Windstein is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Windstein
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Windstein, 25% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Windstein’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Windstein sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (25%)
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
Turnover: 5.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
+2% since 2012: slower than 62% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then +8% to 2023.
8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Windstein 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Windstein has more residents aged 65 and over than 56% of compared French towns, at 23%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Windstein sits below 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (13%)
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
By its share of single-parent households (6.7%), Windstein is below 92% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. The average household has 2.3 people.
€28,620 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €28,620 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Windstein sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (33%)
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
Windstein has more households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns, at 33%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in Windstein
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 73% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 3.5%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Married residents: 54%, a higher share than 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, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Windstein. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Windstein sits below 75% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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 make up 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 177 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Windstein
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windstein | 53.9 | 23% | 25% | 4% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 3.3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 4.2 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 6.2 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 8.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 10 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 10.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
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 Windstein
What is the population of Windstein?
177 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (174).
How old are Windstein’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Windstein?
31, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Windstein?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Windstein?
€28,620 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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