A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
38% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. At the 2023 Census Erstroff was home to 187 people in 78 households. On the census count, 3.8% of households have no car. More residents aged 65 and over than in 77% of compared French towns: 27%.
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 Erstroff
Fewer residents than in 2012
Erstroff had 213 residents at the 2012 census and 187 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.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 96% 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
■ Erstroff 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Erstroff’s residents are over 50.6, older than in 85% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Fewer single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. More couples with children than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.4% 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
2.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 46% have stayed 30 years or more. Erstroff has fewer empty homes than 59% of compared French towns, at 6%.
At the median, €25,610 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.
Living standards centre on €25,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Erstroff, 6.2%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1% in Erstroff, less than in 93% 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.
3.6% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. That is lower than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. 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.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
17% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 18% 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 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 187 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Erstroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erstroff | 50.6 | 27% | 0% | 3.6% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 7.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 7.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 8.2 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 8.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 9.5 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 Erstroff
What is the population of Erstroff?
187 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (213).
How old are Erstroff’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Erstroff?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Erstroff?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Erstroff?
€25,610 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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