Households in social housing: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children is 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Basse-Ham’s 1,010 households held 2,349 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 13% in the town. With a median age of 47.9, Basse-Ham is older than nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
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.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 76% 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% in Basse-Ham, less than in 70% 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
■ Basse-Ham 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: 10% of households are single parents.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 4.1% of homes stand empty
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 households without a car trails 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 20% of homes are flats. 1% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €32,430 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Basse-Ham’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,430 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 31% of households are headed by a retired person
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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).
5.8% of residents in Basse-Ham are immigrants
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 Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). Foreign nationals: 3.4%, near enough the figure 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.
Basse-Ham ranks above 95% of compared French towns on married residents: 51%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Basse-Ham. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 55% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,349 to 2,582 people
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 Basse-Ham
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basse-Ham | 47.9 | 23% | 1% | 5.8% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 1.8 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Manom 3,137 · 2.6 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 2.7 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Hettange-Grande 7,772 · 4.2 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 2% | 10% |
| Thionville 42,658 · 4.2 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Bertrange 2,941 · 5.2 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
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 Basse-Ham
What is the population of Basse-Ham?
2,349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,383).
How old are Basse-Ham’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Basse-Ham?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Basse-Ham?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 79 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Basse-Ham?
€32,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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