In Weckolsheim, 37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Weckolsheim has 1.1%. Census day 2023: 742 residents and 280 households here. Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of residents are 65 or over. Fewer households in social housing than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 6%.
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 Weckolsheim
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 16% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Weckolsheim had 612 residents at the 2012 census and 742 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Weckolsheim has grown +21%, faster than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Weckolsheim is younger than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Weckolsheim 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
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, 2.6 people share a household. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 97% of compared French towns: 16%.
Flats make up 13% in Weckolsheim, less than in 82% 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
With empty homes at 4.6%, Weckolsheim is behind 80% of compared French towns on that count. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. 1.7% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,540 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,540 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Weckolsheim ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 16%
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Weckolsheim: 13% of residents are immigrants, above 81% 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.
The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 81% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: just over a tenth of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 22%, below 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Weckolsheim sits below 91% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (31%). By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 742 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.
Every neighbor is older than Weckolsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weckolsheim | 41.6 | 13% | 1.7% | 13% |
| Volgelsheim 2,720 · 1.8 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2% | 24% |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine 3,004 · 6 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| Horbourg-Wihr 6,199 · 7.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.2% | 7.3% |
| Colmar 66,970 · 9.1 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 4.8% | 17% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 10.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Wintzenheim 8,059 · 10.9 mi | 46 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.7% |
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 Weckolsheim
What is the population of Weckolsheim?
742 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (612).
How old are Weckolsheim’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Weckolsheim?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Weckolsheim?
INSEE counts 96 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Weckolsheim?
€28,540 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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