Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Heimsbrunn is over 56.1
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. Heimsbrunn’s 570 households held 1,314 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 11%.
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 Heimsbrunn
An older town
Half of Heimsbrunn’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Heimsbrunn had 1,383 residents at the 2012 census and 1,314 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 88% of compared French towns grew faster than Heimsbrunn: −5%
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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
33% of residents are 65 or over, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Heimsbrunn 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Heimsbrunn, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
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
23% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Average household size: 2.2 people.
In Heimsbrunn, 4.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 78% 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
1.1% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
€33,830 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.
At €33,830 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Heimsbrunn ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 42%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. On households headed by a manager or professional, Heimsbrunn sits higher than 71% of compared French towns: 13%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Heimsbrunn sits below 76% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.2%)
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 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. The share of immigrants stands at 5.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of residents 15 and over are married
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 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Heimsbrunn. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Here 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,314 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Heimsbrunn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heimsbrunn | 56.1 | 33% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 2.2 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 3.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 3.9 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 4.2 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Richwiller 3,905 · 4.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.1% |
| Pfastatt 10,314 · 4.5 mi | 42 | 23% | 1% | 13% |
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 Heimsbrunn
What is the population of Heimsbrunn?
1,314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,383).
How old are Heimsbrunn’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Heimsbrunn?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Heimsbrunn?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Heimsbrunn?
€33,830 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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