Munster ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 237 people lived in Munster, in 110 households. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Empty homes make up 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than Munster: +3%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle.
Munster is younger than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Munster 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Munster, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. More residents aged 65 and over than in 56% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are one person living alone, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 9.5% of households are single parents. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 25% in Munster, less than in 59% 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
Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,640 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 €23,640 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Only 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Munster
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
Across Munster, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.3%, a higher share than 76% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. In Munster, 7.9% of residents are immigrants. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Munster sits below 87% of compared French towns for married residents (36%)
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
By its share of single residents (30%), Munster is above 77% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Munster sits above 93% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (31%)
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Munster comes in at 21%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (237 to 2,582 people), 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).
Every neighbor is older than Munster
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munster | 42.4 | 23% | 1.3% | 7.9% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 7.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 8.4 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 9.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 11.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 11.8 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 11.9 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
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 Munster
What is the population of Munster?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (230).
How old are Munster’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Munster?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Munster?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Munster?
€23,640 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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