Households without a car: 5%, a lower share than 88% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Imling’s 320 households held 685 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 19% of households are headed by a manual worker locally. With single-parent households at 7.8%, Imling is behind 82% of compared French towns on that count.
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.
Imling’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Imling ranks below 75% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Imling 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Imling is 44.8, higher than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Imling sits below 66% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. 33% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 62% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of flats than 62% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2%.
A median standard of living of €26,330 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,330 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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 Imling, 7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Imling: 6.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
Locally, 5% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Imling ranks above 85% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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 a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Imling has 23%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Imling sits below 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 26%, Imling is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (685 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Imling and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imling | 44.8 | 22% | 2% | 6.3% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 1.8 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 11.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 15.3 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 15.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 15.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 16.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
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 Imling
What is the population of Imling?
685 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (678).
How old are Imling’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Imling?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Imling?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Imling?
€26,330 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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