Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Kirchberg is over 51.1
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 5.4% in Kirchberg. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 25%, more than in 96% of compared French towns. The town had 717 residents in 320 households at the 2023 Census. Across Kirchberg, 9.8% of homes are flats.
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 Kirchberg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Kirchberg had 816 residents at the 2012 census and 717 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Kirchberg’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Kirchberg changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haut-Rhin town +4%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Only 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Kirchberg
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Kirchberg 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Kirchberg comes in at 27%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 69% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. 9.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 61% of compared French towns. The figure for couples with children is 26% in Kirchberg and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Kirchberg sits below 79% of compared French towns for households in social housing (6.5%)
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
Of all households, 4.7% moved in during the last two years and 38% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 7.2% of households have no car, a lower share than in 71% of compared French towns. At the same time, in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Kirchberg has 8.5%.
At the median, €27,290 a year to live on
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 €27,290 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Kirchberg ranks below 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.3%
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Kirchberg (31%). Elsewhere, 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: 1.8%, a lower share than 94% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Kirchberg. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Kirchberg sits above 86% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
With single residents at 23%, Kirchberg is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 717 to 2,582 people
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Kirchberg is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirchberg | 51.1 | 27% | 5.4% | 1.8% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 2.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Thann 7,762 · 7 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 7.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 7.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Offemont 4,051 · 10.2 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Valdoie 5,175 · 10.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.6% | 8.6% |
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 Kirchberg
What is the population of Kirchberg?
717 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (816).
How old are Kirchberg’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Kirchberg?
20, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Kirchberg?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Kirchberg?
€27,290 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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