Couples with children: 39%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Leyviller has 28%. The 2023 Census counted 502 residents in 220 households. Here, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. On households without a car, Leyviller sits lower than 80% of compared French towns: 6.1%.
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 Leyviller
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +11% change since 2012: Leyviller grew faster than 73% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Leyviller 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Leyviller is younger than 61% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Leyviller sits below 90% of compared French towns for one-person households (26%)
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 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Empty homes: 10%, a higher share than 79% 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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, just over a quarter of homes are flats. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,660 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 Leyviller’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Leyviller, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 72% 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
Here, a third of households are headed by a retired person. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Leyviller ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.6%
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 share of foreign nationals stands at 3.8%. On average, 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.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Leyviller comes in at 20%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Leyviller. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 502 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Leyviller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyviller | 42.7 | 18% | 0% | 4.6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 4.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 6 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 6.2 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 6.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 7.3 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 7.5 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
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 Leyviller
What is the population of Leyviller?
502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (452).
How old are Leyviller’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leyviller?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leyviller?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Leyviller?
€25,660 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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