3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 5.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 321 people lived in Hinckange, in 130 households. For Hinckange, the census puts empty homes at 3.5%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.8%, fewer than in 94% 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.
A +5% change since 2012: Hinckange grew faster than 52% 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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
In Hinckange, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 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
■ Hinckange 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Hinckange is 41.8, lower than in 67% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 23% 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
Couples with children make up 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over one in ten households are single parents. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
2.1% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 50% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 2.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €28,130 a year to live on
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 €28,130 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 85% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Hinckange has 39%. Across the comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 4.1%, a lower share than 73% 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 is 2.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% 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
The share of single residents trails 76% of compared French towns: 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Hinckange, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 321 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Hinckange: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinckange | 41.8 | 17% | 2.1% | 4.1% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 2.2 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 5.8 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 8.5 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 9.3 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 10 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 10.6 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
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 Hinckange
What is the population of Hinckange?
321 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (305).
How old are Hinckange’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hinckange?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hinckange?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hinckange?
€28,130 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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