A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8% of residents are 15 to 24 here. In 2023, the Census found 961 residents in Wolxheim, living in 410 households. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in 16 here (6.2%). This Bas-Rhin town has fewer flats than 69% of compared French towns, at 19%.
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 Wolxheim
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 4.9% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 67% of compared French towns didn’t match
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: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Wolxheim is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wolxheim 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Wolxheim is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Wolxheim, more than in 88% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 8.4%, a lower share than 64% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.1% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Wolxheim comes in at 3.5%.
A typical living standard of €34,040 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €34,040 a year: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Wolxheim, more than in 68% 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
In Wolxheim, 9.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 32% 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).
Wolxheim ranks below 76% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.6%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Wolxheim ranks above 98% of compared French towns on married residents: 53%
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 Wolxheim, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Wolxheim, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (42%), Wolxheim is above 84% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 961 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Wolxheim, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolxheim | 48.5 | 25% | 3.5% | 3.6% |
| Molsheim 9,318 · 2.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1% | 9.5% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 3.2 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 3.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Duttlenheim 3,011 · 3.9 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 5.4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
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 Wolxheim
What is the population of Wolxheim?
961 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (880).
How old are Wolxheim’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wolxheim?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wolxheim?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wolxheim?
€34,040 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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