A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Hésingue has 18%. This Haut-Rhin town had 2,972 residents in 1,290 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 27% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many couples with children: 32% here, more than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Hésingue
Immigrants
INSEE counts 800 immigrants in Hésingue (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 10% for the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Hésingue had 2,541 residents at the 2012 census and 2,972 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +17% since 2012 puts Hésingue ahead of 85% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, +9%.
A median age of 43.1: Hésingue is younger than 58% 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
■ Hésingue 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Hésingue ranks below 79% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8.1%
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 2.3 people each. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
Hésingue ranks below 85% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.4%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. On second homes, Hésingue sits higher than three quarters of compared French towns: 4.7%. At 7.2%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€43,530 a year: the median standard of living
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 €43,530 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 6.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Hésingue has 16%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 26%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Hésingue has 22%. The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Hésingue ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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 is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (17%), Hésingue is below 61% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,939 to 3,003 people: this is the 7th 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 40.5 in Gorcy to 60.1 in Vimoutiers.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Hésingue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hésingue | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Hégenheim 3,410 · 0.9 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 1.9 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 2.1 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Huningue 7,487 · 3.1 mi | 42 | 19% | 2.4% | 29% |
| Village-Neuf 4,709 · 3.1 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 3.4% | 18% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 4.4 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
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 Hésingue
What is the population of Hésingue?
2,972 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (2,541).
How old are Hésingue’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hésingue?
69, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hésingue?
INSEE counts 780 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 650 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hésingue?
€43,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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