Photo: Poudou99 · CC BY 3.0In Phalsbourg, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns
With a median age of 41.9, Phalsbourg is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. There were 2,080 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 4,688 residents. Across Phalsbourg, 8.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Empty homes make up 9.4%, 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.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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 −1% and the next six −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a lower share than 59% 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
■ Phalsbourg 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
For Phalsbourg, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 79% of compared French towns
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
The figure for couples with children is 24% in Phalsbourg and 25% in the typical compared French town. At 35%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Phalsbourg sits below 65% of compared French towns for households without a car (8.3%)
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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. Locally, 39% of homes are flats. 2.6% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 57% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,370 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 €25,370 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns, at 18%
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: 13%, above 68% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 72% of compared French towns: 7.5% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Phalsbourg comes in at 9.5%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 64% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Married residents: 41%, below 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,658 to 4,710 people: this is the 15th 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.
Auzeville-Tolosane is the youngest (30.5); Bourbon-Lancy the oldest (57.2).
Of the 6 towns nearest Phalsbourg, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phalsbourg | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 7.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 9.4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.5 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 10.6 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 12 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
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 Phalsbourg
What is the population of Phalsbourg?
4,688 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,789).
How old are Phalsbourg’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Phalsbourg?
61, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Phalsbourg?
INSEE counts 450 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 350 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Phalsbourg?
€25,370 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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