Households in social housing make up 2.2% in Albestroff, less than in 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Albestroff, 4.4%. Census day 2023: 606 residents and 230 households in the town. Flats make up about one in six here (16%). On households without a car, Albestroff sits lower than just over two thirds of compared French towns: 7.7%.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Albestroff
An older town
Half of Albestroff’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Albestroff had 640 residents at the 2012 census and 606 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Albestroff: −5%
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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Half of Albestroff is over 51.1, older than 86% 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
■ Albestroff 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Albestroff has 25%. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Albestroff (10%).
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 58% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 34% in Albestroff and 35% in the typical compared French town.
83% of homes are houses
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. Few places have so few second homes: 1.2% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Median living standard: €24,570 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 €24,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person here. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 11%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.6% in Albestroff, less than in 84% 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.
3.9% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 32% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 adults with no qualification tops 89% of compared French towns: 29%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (606 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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: Albestroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albestroff | 51.1 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.9% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 8.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 8.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 9.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.5 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 10.6 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 11.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 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 Albestroff
What is the population of Albestroff?
606 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (640).
How old are Albestroff’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albestroff?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albestroff?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albestroff?
€24,570 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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