Fewer households without a car than 91% of compared French towns: 4.6%
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Wittersdorf has 15%. Here, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 769 residents in 350 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 Wittersdorf
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wittersdorf had 836 residents at the 2012 census and 769 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Wittersdorf behind 95% 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
Over those years, the median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Wittersdorf is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wittersdorf 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 21% in Wittersdorf and 22% in the typical compared French town. 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Wittersdorf sits below 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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
By its share of couples with children (29%), Wittersdorf is above 68% of compared French towns. Locally, 8.6% of households are single parents. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Wittersdorf, 9.6% of homes stand empty, more than in 77% 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
5.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.8%.
At the median, €32,470 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.
The median standard of living in Wittersdorf is €32,470 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 56% of compared French towns: 31%
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, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.4% of residents are immigrants in Wittersdorf
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 lower than in 69% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3% in Wittersdorf.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 51% 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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Wittersdorf and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 64% of compared French towns
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (769 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Wittersdorf sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittersdorf | 47.3 | 21% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 1.7 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 5.2 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 7.2 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 8 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Sierentz 4,409 · 8.7 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 9.3 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
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 Wittersdorf
What is the population of Wittersdorf?
769 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (836).
How old are Wittersdorf’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wittersdorf?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wittersdorf?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wittersdorf?
€32,470 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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