Fewer one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 23%
Households without a car make up 5.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Luemschwiller. On households headed by a manual worker, Luemschwiller sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 20%. The town’s 330 households held 746 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Luemschwiller
An older town
Half of Luemschwiller’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Luemschwiller grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 52% 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
Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Luemschwiller is over 51.1, older than 86% 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
■ Luemschwiller 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 7.7% in Luemschwiller, less than in 84% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
A lower share of flats than 96% of compared French towns, at 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Luemschwiller has 0.3%. The share of empty homes stands at 8.8%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €30,300 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,300 a year: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The census found that 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Luemschwiller. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Luemschwiller ranks below 93% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.1%
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Luemschwiller, 2.6%. That is lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Luemschwiller, 58%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 72% 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
In Luemschwiller, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 746 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Luemschwiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luemschwiller | 51.1 | 26% | 0.3% | 2.6% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 2.9 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 3.2 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 4.9 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 5.7 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 7 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 7.2 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 10% |
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 Luemschwiller
What is the population of Luemschwiller?
746 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (709).
How old are Luemschwiller’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luemschwiller?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luemschwiller?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luemschwiller?
€30,300 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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