A median age of 53: Diemeringen is older than 91% of compared French towns
40% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The share of households in social housing stands at 3.2%. Empty homes are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Diemeringen’s 710 households held 1,579 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Bas-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 Diemeringen
An older town
Half of Diemeringen’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 84% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Diemeringen 53. The median compared French town: 44.
In Diemeringen, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 63% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
11% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
In Diemeringen, 33% of homes are flats, more than in 54% 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
34% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. Diemeringen sits close to the norm on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,000 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.
Living standards centre on €26,000 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
In Diemeringen, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Diemeringen, 6.3%. 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).
Diemeringen sits below 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.1%)
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 Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns. About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Diemeringen (3.5%). Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 49% in Diemeringen, more than in 87% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Diemeringen, less than in 81% 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,579 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Diemeringen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diemeringen | 53 | 30% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 8.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 11.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 12.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 12.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 13.1 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Diemeringen
What is the population of Diemeringen?
1,579 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,642).
How old are Diemeringen’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Diemeringen?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Diemeringen?
INSEE counts 81 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Diemeringen?
€26,000 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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