Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of households are couples with children
Flats: 14%, below four fifths of compared French towns. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Wittersheim was home to 747 people in 290 households. Across Wittersheim, 3.1% of households have no car.
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 Wittersheim
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Wittersheim had 597 residents at the 2012 census and 747 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Wittersheim grew +25% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 94% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, +13%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 78% 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
■ Wittersheim 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Wittersheim’s residents are under 42.4, younger than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Wittersheim 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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
A lower share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 6.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on empty homes: 7.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €32,030 a year to live on
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 €32,030 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 72% of compared French towns
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 54%
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
By its share of single residents (18%), Wittersheim is below 98% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 35% in Wittersheim and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 747 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is older than Wittersheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittersheim | 42.4 | 18% | 0.6% | 2% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 4.2 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Brumath 10,499 · 4.2 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 4.3 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 4.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Weitbruch 2,711 · 5.9 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.5% | 3% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
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 Wittersheim
What is the population of Wittersheim?
747 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (597).
How old are Wittersheim’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wittersheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wittersheim?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% 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 Wittersheim?
€32,030 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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