19% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
A quarter of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Halstroff’s 120 households held 288 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 17% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
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 Halstroff
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Halstroff had 309 residents at the 2012 census and 288 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
A median age of 41.2: Halstroff is younger than 72% 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
■ Halstroff 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Halstroff, 9%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Halstroff, more than in 74% 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
By its share of single-parent households (8.5%), Halstroff is below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
A lower share of households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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
31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households have no car. Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median standard of living of €27,670 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 €27,670 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Halstroff: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 86% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
In Halstroff, 13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 80% 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.
The share of foreign nationals tops three quarters of compared French towns: 8.2%. 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.
A larger share of married residents than 90% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Halstroff. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 79% 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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th youngest of 41 French towns of 288 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Halstroff is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstroff | 41.2 | 17% | 0% | 13% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 6.5 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 11.1 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 13.5 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Manom 3,137 · 13.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 14 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Guénange 8,083 · 14.1 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 0.4% | 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 Halstroff
What is the population of Halstroff?
288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (309).
How old are Halstroff’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Halstroff?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Halstroff?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Halstroff?
€27,670 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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