Wittenheim sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (24%)
Couples with children: 31% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Wittenheim is home to 15,553 residents in 6,500 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 18% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Half of the town’s residents are under 42, younger than in 66% of compared French towns.
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.
+7% since 2012, a pace 60% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Wittenheim ranks below 60% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 21%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wittenheim 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 70% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 0.9%, a lower share than 85% 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
The figure for flats is 39% in Wittenheim and 30% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 5.3% of homes stand empty. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households without a car account for 9.7%.
A median standard of living of €24,940 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,940 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 16.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Wittenheim sits below 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6%)
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
Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 13% in Wittenheim, more than in 80% 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 four fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 8% of the total. The wider picture: 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Wittenheim (26%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Wittenheim sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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 Wittenheim comes in at 23%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Montévrain (32.8), the oldest Biscarrosse (53.2).
Wittenheim is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittenheim | 42 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Kingersheim 13,354 · 1.4 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Ruelisheim 2,519 · 1.5 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| Pulversheim 3,069 · 2.1 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 0.3% | 5.6% |
| Sausheim 5,666 · 2.5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 2.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Illzach 14,923 · 2.8 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.1% | 20% |
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 Wittenheim
What is the population of Wittenheim?
15,553 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (14,512).
How old are Wittenheim’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wittenheim?
60, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wittenheim?
INSEE counts 1,980 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 1,240 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wittenheim?
€24,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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