A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 46%
In Emlingen, 1.5% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Emlingen sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 4.8%. The 2023 Census counted 307 residents in 120 households. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Emlingen (7.8%).
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 Emlingen
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 75% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
Older than 57% of compared French towns: half of Emlingen is over 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Emlingen 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.6 people on average. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Emlingen, 2.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 40%. 1.2% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.4%.
The median resident lives on €35,590 a year per consumption unit
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 €35,590 a year: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in eight here (13%). 4.8% of Emlingen’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.8% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 11%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 60% in Emlingen, more than in 99% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Emlingen has 20%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 307 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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Emlingen are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlingen | 45 | 23% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 2.5 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 5 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 6.9 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 7.9 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 8 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 9 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
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 Emlingen
What is the population of Emlingen?
307 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (274).
How old are Emlingen’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Emlingen?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Emlingen?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Emlingen?
€35,590 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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