A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are one person living alone in Holling. This Moselle town is home to 444 residents in 180 households, by the 2023 Census. 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. With a median age of 39.9, Holling is younger than nearly four fifths 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.
What stands out about the people of Holling
Fewer residents than in 2012
Holling had 474 residents at the 2012 census and 444 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 92% of compared French towns: Holling changed by −6% since 2012
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 −7%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 13% in Holling, less than in 96% 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
■ Holling 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Holling and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 66% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents in Holling. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Only 13% of homes are flats in Holling
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 9.3% in Holling. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1% of homes are second homes locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €27,450 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 €27,450 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns: 20%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 23%, Holling is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Holling
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Holling sits above 92% of compared French towns for married residents (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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Holling and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 83% 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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 444 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).
No nearby town is as young as Holling
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holling | 39.9 | 13% | 1% | 3% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 5.5 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 9.9 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 11.3 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Carling 3,291 · 11.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 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 Holling
What is the population of Holling?
444 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (474).
How old are Holling’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Holling?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Holling?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Holling?
€27,450 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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