Fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 2.4%
Here 5.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 99% of compared French towns. Hirtzbach had 1,418 residents in 630 households at the 2023 census. Across Hirtzbach, 9.4% of homes stand empty.
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.
Hirtzbach’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 62% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
Hirtzbach ranks below 73% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hirtzbach 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Hirtzbach is 42.7, lower than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.2%, a lower share than 88% 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
By its share of one-person households (31%), Hirtzbach is below 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Locally, 30% of households are couples with children.
20% of homes are flats, fewer than in 68% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.6%. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€31,300 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,300 a year: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 87% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (26%), Hirtzbach is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
6.1% of residents in Hirtzbach 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 lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 3.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Hirtzbach comes in at 48%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hirtzbach
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Hirtzbach. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,418 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hirtzbach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirtzbach | 42.7 | 19% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 1.8 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 9.7 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 9.9 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 11.5 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 11.6 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Hirtzbach
What is the population of Hirtzbach?
1,418 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,393).
How old are Hirtzbach’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hirtzbach?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hirtzbach?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hirtzbach?
€31,300 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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