Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Rorschwihr comes in at 5.9%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 30% of the total. At 7.7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. This Haut-Rhin town is home to 370 residents in 170 households, by 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 Rorschwihr
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rorschwihr had 392 residents at the 2012 census and 370 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Rorschwihr has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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 first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −1%.
A median age of 44.6: Rorschwihr is older than 53% 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
■ Rorschwihr 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Rorschwihr (22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 27% of households are couples with children.
A lower share of flats than 85% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Households without a car make up 5.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 6.1% of homes are second homes. Rorschwihr has more empty homes than 70% of compared French towns, at 8.6%.
Standard of living at the median: €30,700 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.
Living standards centre on €30,700 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rorschwihr ranks below 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.4%), Rorschwihr is below 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rorschwihr ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With adults with no qualification at 13%, Rorschwihr is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 370 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Rorschwihr are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rorschwihr | 44.6 | 22% | 6.1% | 2.9% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 2.5 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 4.2 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 5.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 5.7 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 6.9 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 8.4 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 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 Rorschwihr
What is the population of Rorschwihr?
370 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (392).
How old are Rorschwihr’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rorschwihr?
12, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rorschwihr?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rorschwihr?
€30,700 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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