Zimmersheim sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.2%)
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Zimmersheim, 3.1%. 8% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns. There were 500 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,083 residents. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 5.2% in the town.
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 Zimmersheim
An older town
Half of Zimmersheim’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Zimmersheim changed by −3% since 2012
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. Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
A median age of 51.3: Zimmersheim is older than 87% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Zimmersheim 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here and 22% 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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% 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
On single-parent households, 9.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Second homes: 0.2%, a lower share than 99% 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 share of flats is 16%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of homes stand empty.
€39,490 a year: the median standard of living
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 Zimmersheim is €39,490 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Zimmersheim: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 74% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 13% in Zimmersheim and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Zimmersheim ranks below 72% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.2%
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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). To put it in context, 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.
Zimmersheim sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (58%)
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 18% in Zimmersheim and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Zimmersheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmersheim | 51.3 | 28% | 0.2% | 4.2% |
| Habsheim 5,076 · 1.6 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.8% | 5.8% |
| Riedisheim 12,200 · 2.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Rixheim 14,380 · 2.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim 8,259 · 3.2 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| Mulhouse 104,978 · 3.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 27% |
| Illzach 14,923 · 4 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 Zimmersheim
What is the population of Zimmersheim?
1,083 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,114).
How old are Zimmersheim’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Zimmersheim?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Zimmersheim?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Zimmersheim?
€39,490 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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