Only 1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Grosbliederstroff
With a median age of 50.2, Grosbliederstroff is older than 84% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty. At the 2023 Census, 3,346 people lived here, in 1,610 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 71% of compared French towns: 14%.
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 Grosbliederstroff
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,000 immigrants in Grosbliederstroff (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 31% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 29% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+1% since 2012: slower than 67% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grosbliederstroff 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Grosbliederstroff, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Grosbliederstroff, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Grosbliederstroff. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. 35% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns.
0.9% of homes are second homes, below 85% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. With flats at 33%, Grosbliederstroff is ahead of 55% of compared French towns on that count.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,030 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.
At €29,030 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 11.0%.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 66% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The census found that 32% of households are headed by a retired person in Grosbliederstroff. Set beside 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).
Immigrants make up 31% in Grosbliederstroff, more than in 99% 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.
29% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Grosbliederstroff, more than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Grosbliederstroff, 21%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,315 to 3,375 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Maximin (36.4), the youngest, and Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (64.9), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Grosbliederstroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosbliederstroff | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 3.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Spicheren 3,143 · 3.8 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 0.9% | 30% |
| Behren-lès-Forbach 6,166 · 4 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.5% | 27% |
| Œting 2,599 · 5.1 mi | 47.9 | 21% | 1.4% | 23% |
| Stiring-Wendel 10,956 · 5.1 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 0.3% | 15% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 5.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
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 Grosbliederstroff
What is the population of Grosbliederstroff?
3,346 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,321).
How old are Grosbliederstroff’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grosbliederstroff?
16, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grosbliederstroff?
INSEE counts 1,030 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 31% of residents, and 970 foreign nationals (29%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grosbliederstroff?
€29,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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