Half of Hommert is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 2.6% in Hommert. In 2023, the Census found 305 residents in the town, living in 160 households. Locally, 19% of households are couples with children. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Hommert
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hommert had 361 residents at the 2012 census and 305 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Hommert’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −16% since 2012 leaves Hommert behind 99% 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 change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%.
Hommert ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hommert 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Hommert has 27%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone here.
In Hommert, 8.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 86% 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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. A third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.1% moved in within the last two years. At 9.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,630 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.
Living standards centre on €25,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Hommert. In Hommert, 36% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Hommert, 0.6%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 12%
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
By its share of married residents (55%), Hommert is above 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 82% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hommert. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 305 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th oldest
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 old as Hommert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hommert | 54.8 | 27% | 8.3% | 1.6% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 7 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 9.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 9.7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 12.5 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 14.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
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 Hommert
What is the population of Hommert?
305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (361).
How old are Hommert’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hommert?
16, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hommert?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hommert?
€25,630 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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