A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Guinkirchen. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are headed by a retired person. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are single parents. At the 2023 Census Guinkirchen was home to 141 people in 60 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 Guinkirchen
Fewer residents than in 2012
Guinkirchen had 187 residents at the 2012 census and 141 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −25% since 2012, behind 99% 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 −19%, then −7% to 2023.
Guinkirchen sits below 75% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guinkirchen 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.1, Guinkirchen is older than 64% 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
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 21% of homes stand empty
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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. 4.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. Fewer second homes than in 70% of compared French towns: 1.3%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,900 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 €26,900 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 50% in Guinkirchen, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
In Guinkirchen, 62% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Guinkirchen has 16%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% of compared French towns
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
Across Guinkirchen, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 141 to 2,582 people
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.
Guinkirchen and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinkirchen | 46.1 | 18% | 1.3% | 2.7% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 2.7 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 6.9 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 7.4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 9.5 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 10.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 11.2 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
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 Guinkirchen
What is the population of Guinkirchen?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (187).
How old are Guinkirchen’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guinkirchen?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guinkirchen?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guinkirchen?
€26,900 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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