Only 17% of households are headed by a retired person in Guinzeling
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Guinzeling has 6.6%. Locally, 7.7% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 61, in 26 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 Guinzeling
Fewer residents than in 2012
Guinzeling had 71 residents at the 2012 census and 61 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−14% since 2012, a pace below 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 −3%, then −12% to 2023.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Guinzeling is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guinzeling 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Guinzeling, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 17% of households are single parents
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Across Guinzeling, 33% of households are couples with children.
In Guinzeling, 11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 7.1% of homes stand empty, or about one in 14.
Guinzeling ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 50%
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).
Immigrants make up 0% of Guinzeling’s residents
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 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Guinzeling has 45%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 61 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).
Guinzeling is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinzeling | 48.5 | 21% | 0% | 0% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 7.4 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 9.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 11.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 11.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 12.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 13.8 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 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 Guinzeling
What is the population of Guinzeling?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (71).
How old are Guinzeling’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guinzeling?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guinzeling?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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