In Mitzach, 5.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mitzach counted 374 residents and 170 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone here.
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 Mitzach
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mitzach, 10% of its 210 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mitzach had 420 residents at the 2012 census and 374 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Mitzach’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 10% in Mitzach, more than in 88% 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
6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 37% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.8% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Mitzach, 10%.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
A median age of 50.8: Mitzach is older than 85% 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
■ Mitzach 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Mitzach ranks above 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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
Mitzach sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Standard of living at the median: €29,290 a year
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.
At €29,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
In Mitzach, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.9%, a lower share than 82% 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, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Mitzach. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% of compared French towns
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 20%, 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.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Mitzach, less than in 76% 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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Mitzach, 25%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 374 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Mitzach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitzach | 50.8 | 23% | 10% | 2.9% |
| Thann 7,762 · 6.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 6.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 7.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 9.1 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 9.4 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 9.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
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 Mitzach
What is the population of Mitzach?
374 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (420).
How old are Mitzach’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mitzach?
21, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mitzach?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mitzach?
€29,290 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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