45% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Residents aged 65 and over: 14% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households without a car than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.6%. Kirviller’s 55 households held 142 residents at the 2023 Census. 27% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Kirviller
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Kirviller had 149 residents at the 2012 census and 142 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Kirviller changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 87% 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
A median age of 41.5: Kirviller is younger than 69% 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
■ Kirviller 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Kirviller
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.6 people share a household.
Kirviller ranks below 86% of compared French towns on flats: 10%
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: 1.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.1% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,760 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.
Half of Kirviller’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 36%, a higher share than 71% 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
9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 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).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 65% 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.
The census found that 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Kirviller. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Kirviller ranks above 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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 Kirviller, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Kirviller. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is older than Kirviller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirviller | 41.5 | 14% | 0% | 4.9% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 3.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 5.1 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 7.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 8.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 8.4 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 11.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Kirviller
What is the population of Kirviller?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (149).
How old are Kirviller’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Kirviller?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Kirviller?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Kirviller?
€28,760 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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