Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8%), Ippling is below 92% of compared French towns. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census counted 787 residents in 350 households. The share of couples with children stands at 29%.
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 +7% change since 2012: Ippling grew faster than 60% 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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Ippling is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ippling 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 21% of residents are 65 or over in Ippling.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Ippling sits below 88% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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 2.2 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are single parents.
Fewer households without a car than 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 0.8% in Ippling. 6.3% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median of €29,290 a year per consumption unit
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 Ippling’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,290 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 74% 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 Ippling, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manual worker than in 53% of compared French towns: 14%. On average, 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).
In Ippling, 7.8% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 9.4% in Ippling. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over two thirds 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.
Ippling sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Ippling, 53%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Across Ippling, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (787 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Ippling sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ippling | 47.4 | 21% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 2.1 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 3.2 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 3.6 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 5.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Behren-lès-Forbach 6,166 · 5.4 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.5% | 27% |
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 Ippling
What is the population of Ippling?
787 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (734).
How old are Ippling’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ippling?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ippling?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ippling?
€29,290 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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