In Guebwiller, 72% of homes are flats, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 26% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. At 45%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 84% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 11,243 residents in Guebwiller, living in 5,520 households. 16% of households have no car, or about one in six.
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.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Guebwiller behind 77% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Guebwiller: 12% of residents are 15 to 24, above 73% 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
■ Guebwiller 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Guebwiller’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Guebwiller, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 79% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Guebwiller ranks above 70% of compared French towns on second homes: 3.9%
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
In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,630 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.
The median standard of living in Guebwiller is €23,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 19.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Here 7.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Guebwiller (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 8.4% in Guebwiller and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
More single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Married residents: 37% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 22%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 11,004 to 11,484 people: this is the 18th 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.
Cesson is the youngest (38.2); Arcachon the oldest (67.4).
Older than Guebwiller: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guebwiller | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 1.7 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 1.7 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 1.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 4.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 5.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Staffelfelden 4,072 · 6.1 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
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 Guebwiller
What is the population of Guebwiller?
11,243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (11,440).
How old are Guebwiller’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guebwiller?
240, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guebwiller?
INSEE counts 1,200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 950 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guebwiller?
€23,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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