Wœrth ranks above 90% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
13% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Here, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker. With a median age of 49.2, Wœrth is older than four fifths of compared French towns. Its 740 households held 1,656 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Wœrth
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wœrth had 1,769 residents at the 2012 census and 1,656 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 76% 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
■ Wœrth 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 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 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 23%
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 2.2 people in the average household. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 6%, a lower share than 81% 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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 2.4% in Wœrth. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 32%, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,200 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 €26,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 70% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Wœrth sits below 69% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.5%)
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 69% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 78% 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
In Wœrth, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Wœrth, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,656 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).
Around Wœrth, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wœrth | 49.2 | 27% | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 3.6 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 4.3 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 4.7 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 5.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 6.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 7.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
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 Wœrth
What is the population of Wœrth?
1,656 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,769).
How old are Wœrth’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wœrth?
21, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wœrth?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wœrth?
€26,200 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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