Pouilly sits above 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (37%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in 15 here (6.7%). Pouilly’s 390 households held 963 residents at the 2023 Census. 4% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%).
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 Pouilly
Growing fast
Pouilly had 663 residents at the 2012 census and 963 in 2023, up 45%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.6% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +45% since 2012, 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
The median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +57%.
A median age of 41: Pouilly is younger than 73% 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
■ Pouilly 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Pouilly. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Single-parent households: 6.6% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 1.8% of households have no car in Pouilly
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
Some 15% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.2% of homes are second homes. Pouilly has more empty homes than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 7.8%.
A median of €31,580 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €31,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Pouilly: 22% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 90% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 31% in Pouilly and 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 83% 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.
3.9% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters 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.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 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
Married residents: 53% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 9.7%
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
Graduates of higher education: 38% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 963 to 2,582
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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Pouilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouilly | 41 | 21% | 0.2% | 3.9% |
| Marly 10,286 · 1.8 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 3.5 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Metz 122,572 · 4.2 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 4.3 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 4.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Scy-Chazelles 2,753 · 5.2 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 1.8% | 8.9% |
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 Pouilly
What is the population of Pouilly?
963 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 45% more than in 2012 (663).
How old are Pouilly’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouilly?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouilly?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouilly?
€31,580 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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