Falck sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.5%)
6.4% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Census day 2023: 2,482 residents and 1,180 households in Falck. Put another way, about one in 13: 8% of residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
Since 2012, Falck has changed by −1%, slower than 76% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
A median age of 48.6: Falck is older than 78% 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
■ Falck 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone
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 2.1 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns.
Flats make up 24% in Falck, less than in 60% 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
Turnover: 6.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 1.5%, the share of second homes is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Falck sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,140 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 €25,140 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 20% in Falck, more than in 82% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
Foreign nationals: 9.8%, a higher share than 81% 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 higher 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. In Falck, just over one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 91% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 19%
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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,482 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Falck
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falck | 48.6 | 26% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 3 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 3.2 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Carling 3,291 · 5.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 6.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 6.7 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 6.8 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
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 Falck
What is the population of Falck?
2,482 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,516).
How old are Falck’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Falck?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Falck?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (9.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Falck?
€25,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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