In Failly, 40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Failly comes in at 24%. About one in 19: that is how common households without a car are in Failly (5.2%). On flats, Failly sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 7%. In 2023, the Census found 532 residents here, living in 220 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 Failly
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 12% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Failly changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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 those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then +4% to 2023.
Failly is older than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Failly 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Failly has 25%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Failly, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of households are single parents here. The average household has 2.4 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
1.1% of homes are second homes, below 75% 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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 36%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€32,630 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €32,630 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 8.9% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. Typically, 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).
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, below 83% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. On the census count, 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 97% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Failly has 20%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 48%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Failly has 11%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 532 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Failly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failly | 46.8 | 25% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 3.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Metz 122,572 · 5.3 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 5.5 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 6.4 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 6.4 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 6.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
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 Failly
What is the population of Failly?
532 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (547).
How old are Failly’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Failly?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Failly?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Failly?
€32,630 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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