In Wolfgantzen, 4.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 22% in Wolfgantzen and 14% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Wolfgantzen was home to 1,190 people in 520 households. 6.5% of households are single parents, or about one in 15. The town has fewer empty homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 3.9%.
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.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 81% 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 median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +14%.
Wolfgantzen sits below 84% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wolfgantzen 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Wolfgantzen’s residents are over 46.8, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% here, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Wolfgantzen sits below 82% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are couples with children here. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A lower share of flats than 76% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. On households in social housing, Wolfgantzen sits lower than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 9%. At 1.3%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,650 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €28,650 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
In Wolfgantzen, 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 72% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (31%), Wolfgantzen is below 61% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Wolfgantzen, 12% of residents are immigrants, more than in 78% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 10% in Wolfgantzen and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Wolfgantzen has 21%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Wolfgantzen, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Here 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,190 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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).
Wolfgantzen is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgantzen | 46.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Volgelsheim 2,720 · 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2% | 24% |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine 3,004 · 5.6 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| Horbourg-Wihr 6,199 · 6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.2% | 7.3% |
| Colmar 66,970 · 7.8 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 4.8% | 17% |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 9.6 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Wintzenheim 8,059 · 9.7 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 Wolfgantzen
What is the population of Wolfgantzen?
1,190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,037).
How old are Wolfgantzen’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wolfgantzen?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wolfgantzen?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wolfgantzen?
€28,650 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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