Ammerschwihr is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.2
With households headed by a retired person at 40%, Ammerschwihr is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. 1,580 residents in 790 households: that is Ammerschwihr at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 5.7%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.1%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-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 Ammerschwihr
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ammerschwihr, 14% of its 1,040 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 17% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ammerschwihr had 1,773 residents at the 2012 census and 1,580 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ammerschwihr’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Ammerschwihr. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes come to 10% in the town, about one in ten. 46% of homes are flats, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −11% since 2012, behind 98% 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 ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −11%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%, a lower share than 95% 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
■ Ammerschwihr 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Ammerschwihr has 27%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Ammerschwihr sits below 68% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €31,320 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €31,320 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (40%)
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 census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Ammerschwihr. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, about the same as 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 77% of compared French towns: 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: 1.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
In Ammerschwihr, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ammerschwihr. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 1,580 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Ammerschwihr is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammerschwihr | 54.2 | 27% | 14% | 3.6% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 1 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Ingersheim 4,774 · 2.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 6.6% | 13% |
| Turckheim 4,139 · 2.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 9.4% | 7.3% |
| Wintzenheim 8,059 · 3.8 mi | 46 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.7% |
| Colmar 66,970 · 4.6 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 4.8% | 17% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 5 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
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 Ammerschwihr
What is the population of Ammerschwihr?
1,580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,773).
How old are Ammerschwihr’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ammerschwihr?
150, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ammerschwihr?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ammerschwihr?
€31,320 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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