A higher share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns, at 39%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 23: that is how common households without a car are in Hommarting (4.3%). At the 2023 Census Hommarting was home to 847 people in 350 households. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Hommarting comes in at 5.7%.
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 Hommarting
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle.
Hommarting ranks below 70% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hommarting 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Hommarting’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 52% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Hommarting, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 96% 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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.1% of households are single parents.
94% of homes are houses
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
30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6% moved in within the last two years. Fewer second homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 1.4%. Empty homes make up 6.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,370 a year in standard of living
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 €27,370 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Hommarting, more than in 77% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (8.2%), Hommarting is below 58% of compared French towns. On the census count, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 93% of compared French towns, at 1%
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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 2.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Hommarting, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
With single residents at 21%, Hommarting is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 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
28% of Hommarting’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 847 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Hommarting
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hommarting | 44.4 | 19% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 4.1 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 10 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 11.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 14.1 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 14.8 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Hommarting
What is the population of Hommarting?
847 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (875).
How old are Hommarting’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hommarting?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hommarting?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hommarting?
€27,370 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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