24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 5.4% in Hirsingue and 12% in the typical compared French town. This Haut-Rhin town is home to 2,122 residents in 990 households, by the 2023 Census. Roughly one in ten: 11% of homes stand empty. Fewer single-parent households than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.6%.
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 Hirsingue
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hirsingue had 2,233 residents at the 2012 census and 2,122 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.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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
Hirsingue is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hirsingue 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Across Hirsingue, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Hirsingue, 39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 65% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Hirsingue, 24%.
0.8% of homes are second homes, below 87% 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, 30% of homes are flats; in Hirsingue, 41%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly one in ten households have no car.
Half above, half below €29,000 a year in 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 €29,000 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, below 62% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
7.4% of residents in Hirsingue are immigrants
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 higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Hirsingue (7.4%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 60% of compared French towns: 27%
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 account for 42%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 27% in Hirsingue, more than in 83% 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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,122 to 2,582 people, 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Hirsingue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirsingue | 48.4 | 25% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 2.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 7.8 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 9.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 10.4 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 10.5 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 11.4 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 Hirsingue
What is the population of Hirsingue?
2,122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,233).
How old are Hirsingue’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hirsingue?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hirsingue?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 87 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hirsingue?
€29,000 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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