Below 94% of compared French towns: 3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
29% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). The census found that 28% of residents are 65 or over in Drulingen. Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker. There were 580 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,397 residents.
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 Drulingen
Fewer residents than in 2012
Drulingen had 1,471 residents at the 2012 census and 1,397 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 78 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.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Drulingen changed by −5% 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
The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −4%.
A median age of 47.4: Drulingen is older than 71% 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
■ Drulingen 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
7.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 82% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. On households without a car, Drulingen sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 9.1%. Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A typical living standard of €24,530 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,530 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 75% 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 share of households headed by a retired person is 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Drulingen.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Drulingen, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 25%
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 73% of compared French towns: 24%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,397 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Drulingen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drulingen | 47.4 | 28% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 6.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 11 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 11.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 11.8 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 13 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
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 Drulingen
What is the population of Drulingen?
1,397 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,471).
How old are Drulingen’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Drulingen?
16, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Drulingen?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 91 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Drulingen?
€24,530 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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