Hilbesheim ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
25% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The 2023 Census counted 617 residents in 260 households. Across Hilbesheim, 3.9% of households have no car. Few places have so few flats: 8.3% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
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.
+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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%.
In Hilbesheim, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Hilbesheim 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Hilbesheim. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 72% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents.
Hilbesheim sits below 88% of compared French towns for second homes (0.8%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Hilbesheim, the census puts empty homes at 7.6%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,850 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 14%
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 manual worker: 15% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.9% of residents are immigrants in Hilbesheim
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Hilbesheim, 1%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 18% in Hilbesheim, less than in 97% 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
Here 50% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 617 to 2,582 people, the 17th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hilbesheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilbesheim | 44.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 3.4 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 11.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 12.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 14.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 15.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
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 Hilbesheim
What is the population of Hilbesheim?
617 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (612).
How old are Hilbesheim’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hilbesheim?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hilbesheim?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hilbesheim?
€26,850 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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