Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker
With households without a car at 5.6%, Bistroff is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 319, in 150 households. On the census count, 13% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 63% 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.
Bistroff’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bistroff 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bistroff’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Bistroff, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Bistroff sits above 69% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
8.1% of homes stand empty, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Long tenure is the mark of 33% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.9% (under two years). For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €25,940 a year to live on
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 €25,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Bistroff sits below 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (27%)
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 census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Bistroff. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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 make up 2.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
29% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Bistroff has 39%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% 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
Here, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Bistroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bistroff | 45.2 | 20% | 0% | 2.4% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 5.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 6 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 6.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 6.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 7.3 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 7.7 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
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 Bistroff
What is the population of Bistroff?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (324).
How old are Bistroff’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bistroff?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bistroff?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bistroff?
€25,940 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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