Half of Geishouse is over 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 4.9%, Geishouse is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 424 residents here, living in 220 households. Households in social housing account for 1.5%. On households headed by a retired person, Geishouse sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 41%.
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 Geishouse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Geishouse, 25% of its 310 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Geishouse’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Geishouse had 478 residents at the 2012 census and 424 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of homes stand empty here. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common flats are in Geishouse (11%).
Geishouse changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then −4% to 2023.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Geishouse 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns: 7%
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
Households here average 1.9 people each. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
€26,460 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €26,460 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 78% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 71% of compared French towns: 4.3% of residents are immigrants
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 Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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 Geishouse, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Geishouse
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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 424 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Geishouse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geishouse | 58.5 | 37% | 25% | 4.3% |
| Thann 7,762 · 5.7 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 6.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 6.9 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 7.5 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 7.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 7.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 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 Geishouse
What is the population of Geishouse?
424 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (478).
How old are Geishouse’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geishouse?
77, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geishouse?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geishouse?
€26,460 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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