Only 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Wisches
Households headed by a manual worker: 22% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 2,050 residents in 900 households. Across Wisches, 30% of households are couples with children. Fewer households without a car than in 69% of compared French towns: 7.6%.
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 Wisches
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wisches had 2,145 residents at the 2012 census and 2,050 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Wisches behind 86% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 45.4: Wisches is older than 59% 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
■ Wisches 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Wisches. About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Wisches (11%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 68% 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 Wisches, just over one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 66% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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 share of empty homes tops three fifths of compared French towns: 7.7%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Wisches, 26% of homes are flats.
Half above, half below €25,920 a year in standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Wisches is €25,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns. Some 9.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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
Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 33% here, more than in 50% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional 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).
4.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 53% 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.
The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 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.
Wisches: 45% of residents 15 and over are married, above 62% 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
The census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Wisches. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
More adults with no qualification than in 56% of compared French towns: 20%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Wisches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisches | 45.4 | 21% | 3.4% | 6% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 3.5 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 9.1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 9.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 10.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 10.7 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 10.9 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
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 Wisches
What is the population of Wisches?
2,050 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,145).
How old are Wisches’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wisches?
35, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wisches?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wisches?
€25,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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