Sivry-sur-Meuse ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 21%
Here 4.4% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 22% here, more than in 89% of compared French towns. Sivry-sur-Meuse’s 160 households held 341 residents at the 2023 Census. 8% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Sivry-sur-Meuse
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sivry-sur-Meuse had 391 residents at the 2012 census and 341 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Sivry-sur-Meuse: −13%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Meuse town, the change came in two steps: −14% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sivry-sur-Meuse 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.9, Sivry-sur-Meuse is older than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Sivry-sur-Meuse, 6.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households tops 61% of compared French towns: 38%.
Households without a car: 5.6%, a lower share than 83% 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
One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Turnover: 7.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,130 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 median standard of living in Sivry-sur-Meuse is €24,130 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Sivry-sur-Meuse, more than in 86% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5.4%, a lower share than 60% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.3%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Sivry-sur-Meuse
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
Here, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In Sivry-sur-Meuse, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 341 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Sivry-sur-Meuse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sivry-sur-Meuse | 47.9 | 30% | 8% | 5.4% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 11.3 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 11.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 12.6 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Longuyon 5,134 · 17.1 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 12% |
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 Sivry-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Sivry-sur-Meuse?
341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (391).
How old are Sivry-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sivry-sur-Meuse?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sivry-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sivry-sur-Meuse?
€24,130 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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