Households without a car: 3.1%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
26% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 889 residents in 390 households. For Walheim, the census puts flats at 13%.
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 Walheim
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 2.5% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Walheim had 951 residents at the 2012 census and 889 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Half of Walheim is over 47.7, older than 73% 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
■ Walheim 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%), Walheim is below 85% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Here, 2.5% of households are single parents. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
8% of homes stand empty, more than in 63% 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
In the last two years, 6% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Walheim has fewer second homes than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 1.2%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €30,910 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 €30,910 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Walheim sits below 65% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (30%)
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.6% in Walheim. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Walheim sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
2.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Here 17% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Walheim ranks below 88% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 889 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Walheim, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walheim | 47.7 | 22% | 1.2% | 3.8% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 1.9 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 4.1 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 6.1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 6.6 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 8.1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
| Lutterbach 6,851 · 8.1 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 Walheim
What is the population of Walheim?
889 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (951).
How old are Walheim’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Walheim?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Walheim?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Walheim?
€30,910 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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