More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 48%
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, below 96% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in six here (18%). At 5.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Dalstein’s population at 376, in 140 households.
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 Dalstein
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dalstein’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 73% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Dalstein is younger than 82% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dalstein 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Dalstein ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 15%
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
On average, 2.8 people share a household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. More single-parent households than in 95% of compared French towns: 15%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.3% of homes are flats
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
Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Dalstein, the census puts empty homes at 5.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,650 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 €29,650 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 22% in Dalstein, more than in 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
In Dalstein, 7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dalstein ranks below 99% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.3%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
Dalstein: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 81% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Dalstein comes in at 24%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 76% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 26% in Dalstein and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 376 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Dalstein is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalstein | 39.5 | 13% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 5.8 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Guénange 8,083 · 9.2 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 0.4% | 12% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 9.5 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Bousse 3,236 · 9.7 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.8% |
| Bertrange 2,941 · 9.8 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 10.1 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
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 Dalstein
What is the population of Dalstein?
376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (338).
How old are Dalstein’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dalstein?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dalstein?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dalstein?
€29,650 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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