Fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
29% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,490 people lived in Guémar, in 650 households. Households in social housing account for 2%. This Haut-Rhin town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than four fifths of compared French towns, at 9.1%.
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.
Growth of +10% since 2012 puts Guémar ahead of 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Guémar is younger than 55% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guémar 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 21%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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
Single-parent households: 8.4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of homes are flats in Guémar
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
The share of empty homes is 5.7%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. Second homes account for 1.3%.
A median standard of living of €28,500 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 €28,500 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Guémar sits above 61% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (11%)
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
For Guémar, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. At 14%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are foreign nationals in Guémar
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Guémar, 5.3%. That is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Guémar 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Guémar. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Guémar
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 61% of compared French towns: 33%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,490 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Guémar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guémar | 43.4 | 21% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 3.5 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 5.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 5.9 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 6.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 7 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 7.1 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
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 Guémar
What is the population of Guémar?
1,490 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,352).
How old are Guémar’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guémar?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guémar?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guémar?
€28,500 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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