27% of homes in Wildenstein are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Wildenstein, 6.5% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census Wildenstein was home to 155 people in 73 households. With couples with children at 20%, Wildenstein is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Wildenstein
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Wildenstein, 27% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 64% 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
Wildenstein had 192 residents at the 2012 census and 155 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Wildenstein sits above 86% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.1% (under two years).
Wildenstein’s population moved −19% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 −6%; 2017 to 2023, −14%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Older than 73% of compared French towns: half of Wildenstein is over 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wildenstein 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Wildenstein, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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, 2.1 people share a household. Two in five households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,710 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 median standard of living in Wildenstein is €24,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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 the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Wildenstein, 6.7%. The census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person locally. For comparison, 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).
Wildenstein ranks above 68% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 6.7%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 8% of residents are immigrants here. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%.
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 62% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Wildenstein ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 13%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Wildenstein comes in at 23%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 155 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 5 of the 6 around it: Wildenstein
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Wildenstein
What is the population of Wildenstein?
155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (192).
How old are Wildenstein’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wildenstein?
33, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wildenstein?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wildenstein?
€24,710 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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