Second homes: 6.9%, a higher share than 83% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Gunsbach, 29% of households are one person living alone. The town had 856 residents in 400 households at the 2023 census. Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Gunsbach comes in at 5.1%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Gunsbach
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gunsbach had 941 residents at the 2012 census and 856 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Half of Gunsbach is over 49, older than 79% 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
■ Gunsbach 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 23% of households are couples with children in Gunsbach
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
With single-parent households at 11%, Gunsbach is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Households without a car: 6.8%, a lower share than 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Gunsbach, 4.7%. Flats make up about one in four here (28%). On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,550 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.
Half of Gunsbach’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 62% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. 5.1% of Gunsbach’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.4% of Gunsbach’s residents
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 share of foreign nationals stands at 3.9%. That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, 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
The share of single residents trails 90% of compared French towns: 20%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Gunsbach, less than in 80% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 856 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Gunsbach sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunsbach | 49 | 23% | 6.9% | 6.4% |
| Munster 4,738 · 1.8 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 5.4 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
| Turckheim 4,139 · 5.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 9.4% | 7.3% |
| Wintzenheim 8,059 · 6.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.7% |
| Ingersheim 4,774 · 7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 6.6% | 13% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 7.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
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 Gunsbach
What is the population of Gunsbach?
856 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (941).
How old are Gunsbach’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gunsbach?
31, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gunsbach?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gunsbach?
€28,550 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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