100% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.3%, Molring is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. Half are older than 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Molring was home to 12 people in 4 households.
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 Molring
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 1 second homes and occasional dwellings in Molring, 13% of its 8 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
100% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Molring had 8 residents at the 2012 census and 12 in 2023, up 50%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 3 homes empty (38%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 38%, a higher share than 99% 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Molring. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
Since 2012, Molring has grown +50%, faster than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −38%; 2017 to 2023, +140%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Molring, more than in 92% 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
■ Molring 49. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49, Molring is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
4 households; 0% are one person
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. The typical household size is 3 people.
Households headed by a retired person make up 100% in Molring, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 62% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Molring, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents 15 and over are single in Molring. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Molring ranks above 87% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 44%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (12 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Molring
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molring | 49 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 6.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 8.5 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 12 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 12.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 12.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 14.6 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 Molring
What is the population of Molring?
12 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 50% more than in 2012 (8).
How old are Molring’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Molring?
1, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Molring?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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