Only 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Wuenheim
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Wuenheim comes in at 3.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 768, in 340 households. Here, 24% of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 77% 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.
What stands out about the people of Wuenheim
An older town
Half of Wuenheim’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 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.
Wuenheim changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 78% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Haut-Rhin.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wuenheim 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Wuenheim, 30%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 51.6, higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people.
Wuenheim sits above 90% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are flats in Wuenheim. Here, 5.7% of homes are second homes. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€31,410 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €31,410 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
The census found that 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Wuenheim. As a yardstick, 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).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, below 91% 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.
Here 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
Wuenheim sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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
58% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Wuenheim sits below 79% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Wuenheim (31%). By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 768 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Wuenheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuenheim | 51.6 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 1.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 2.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Issenheim 3,502 · 2.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 2.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 3.7 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Staffelfelden 4,072 · 4.1 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
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 Wuenheim
What is the population of Wuenheim?
768 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (783).
How old are Wuenheim’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wuenheim?
24, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wuenheim?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wuenheim?
€31,410 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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