Dolving ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 53%
Here 6.5% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Dolving (7.8%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Dolving was home to 344 people in 160 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 Dolving
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dolving had 391 residents at the 2012 census and 344 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was −10% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 62% 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
■ Dolving 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Dolving is older than 55% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Dolving sits above 78% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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 average household has 2.2 people. On one-person households, Dolving sits lower than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 31%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
5.5% of households have no car, below 84% 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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Dolving has 16%. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 5.8% moved in during the last two years and 34% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,500 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.
Living standards centre on €25,500 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.7% of residents are immigrants in Dolving
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: 1.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Dolving ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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 Dolving, half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Dolving
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Dolving. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 344 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Dolving: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolving | 44.7 | 20% | 0% | 1.7% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 3.1 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 10.9 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 11.7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 13.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 15.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 15.8 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
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 Dolving
What is the population of Dolving?
344 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (391).
How old are Dolving’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dolving?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dolving?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dolving?
€25,500 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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