Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
Households without a car: 3.7%, below 96% of compared French towns. A quarter of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats. Friesen’s 280 households held 651 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
Friesen grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 55% 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 +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Friesen 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Friesen is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Friesen sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Friesen has 11%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A lower share of empty homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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
Turnover: 6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 2.3%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €30,550 a year in standard of living
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 €30,550 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Friesen
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 account for 15%. 9.4% of Friesen’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 28% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.8% of residents are immigrants in Friesen
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 lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 3.3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Friesen ranks below 88% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married and 9.4% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.2% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Friesen, less than in 69% 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
In Friesen, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (651 to 2,582 people), the 17th youngest
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.
Friesen and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friesen | 44.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 4.8% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 5.6 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Delle 5,623 · 8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Grandvillars 2,947 · 8.6 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 11.4 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 11.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 13.2 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
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 Friesen
What is the population of Friesen?
651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (615).
How old are Friesen’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Friesen?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Friesen?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Friesen?
€30,550 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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