Only 1.6% of households have no car in Obervisse
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 65 households in Obervisse at the 2023 Census, home to 154 residents. For Obervisse, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 7.7%. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; here, 23%.
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 Obervisse
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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 median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Obervisse 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.9%), Obervisse is below 65% of compared French towns. Still, half of the town’s residents are over 46.1, older than in 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Obervisse sits above 79% of compared French towns for couples with children (31%)
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: 7.7%, below 83% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Obervisse: 14% of homes stand empty, above 93% 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
Flats make up 7.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes make up about one in 40 here (2.5%).
€29,150 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €29,150 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Only 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Obervisse
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns, at 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 trails 70% of compared French towns: 2.6%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in two thirds of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 35% in Obervisse, more than in 66% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 154 to 2,582 people
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).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Obervisse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obervisse | 46.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 4.6% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 3.6 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 3.9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 4.4 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Carling 3,291 · 6.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 6.1 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 6.3 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
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 Obervisse
What is the population of Obervisse?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (159).
How old are Obervisse’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Obervisse?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Obervisse?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Obervisse?
€29,150 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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