In Wegscheid, 2.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 94% of compared French towns: 7.8%. 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many couples with children: 32% here, more than in 82% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 315 residents in Wegscheid, living in 140 households.
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 Wegscheid
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wegscheid had 336 residents at the 2012 census and 315 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Wegscheid has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A median age of 47.6: Wegscheid is older than 72% 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
■ Wegscheid 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Wegscheid sits below 89% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.1%)
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. 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 81% of compared French towns. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Wegscheid sits above 87% of compared French towns for second homes (9.2%)
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
37% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.9% moved in within the last two years. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Add to that, the share of households without a car trails 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,900 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 €26,900 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 18%, a higher share than 73% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, 14% 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).
Foreign nationals make up 1% in Wegscheid, less than in 95% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.9% 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Wegscheid, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 315 to 2,582 people: this is 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).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Wegscheid
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wegscheid | 47.6 | 23% | 9.2% | 2.9% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 2.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Thann 7,762 · 6.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 7.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 7.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 10.2 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 10.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 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 Wegscheid
What is the population of Wegscheid?
315 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (336).
How old are Wegscheid’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wegscheid?
15, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wegscheid?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wegscheid?
€26,900 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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