Empty homes make up 12% in Creutzwald, more than in 90% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Creutzwald has 4.8%. The town is home to 12,254 residents in 5,750 households, by the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% of the total. Few places have as many households in social housing: 20% here, more than in 76% 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.
What stands out about the people of Creutzwald
Fewer residents than in 2012
Creutzwald had 13,607 residents at the 2012 census and 12,254 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,900 immigrants in Creutzwald (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 830 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.
Creutzwald’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 97% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −6%.
Creutzwald is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Creutzwald 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Creutzwald comes in at 26%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Creutzwald ranks below 66% of compared French towns on couples with children: 22%
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Creutzwald comes in at 39%. On average, 2.1 people share a household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Flats make up 49% in Creutzwald, more than in 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Creutzwald has 1%. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households have no car.
€21,960 a year: the median standard of living
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 residents live in households above €21,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 25.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 91% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Creutzwald. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 15% in Creutzwald, more than in 85% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Creutzwald. Across the comparison, 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.
In Creutzwald, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 62% 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
With single residents at 24%, Creutzwald is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Creutzwald
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
30% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 11,993 to 12,510 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.
The youngest is Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (33.7), the oldest Saint-Cyprien (61.1).
Creutzwald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creutzwald | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 2.2 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Carling 3,291 · 2.6 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 3.4 mi | 44 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 6.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| Freyming-Merlebach 13,266 · 6.3 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.6% | 17% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 6.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
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 Creutzwald
What is the population of Creutzwald?
12,254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (13,607).
How old are Creutzwald’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Creutzwald?
66, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Creutzwald?
INSEE counts 1,860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 1,400 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Creutzwald?
€21,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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