Hilsprich sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.6%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 7.7% of households are single parents. The 2023 Census put Hilsprich’s population at 847, in 390 households. Here 6.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
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 Hilsprich
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hilsprich, 19% of its 520 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hilsprich had 911 residents at the 2012 census and 847 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.
Hilsprich sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (19%)
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
Here 5.2% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Locally, 11% of homes are flats. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Hilsprich is over 49.6, older than 81% 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
■ Hilsprich 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Hilsprich. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (9.8%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns, at 31%
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 2.2 people each. Hilsprich has fewer couples with children than 55% of compared French towns, at 24%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,620 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,620 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 share of households headed by a retired person tops just over two thirds of compared French towns: 36%. Against 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).
Above 63% of compared French towns: 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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 higher than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.6% in Hilsprich.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, Hilsprich has 20%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (21%), Hilsprich is above 60% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 847 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Hilsprich
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilsprich | 49.6 | 25% | 19% | 6.6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 2.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 4.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 5.6 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 6.4 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 7.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 9.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
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 Hilsprich
What is the population of Hilsprich?
847 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (911).
How old are Hilsprich’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hilsprich?
100, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hilsprich?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hilsprich?
€25,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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