A median age of 35.7: Sailly-Achâtel is younger than 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Sailly-Achâtel comes in at 9.5%. The share of households without a car stands at 3.6%. Few places have so few one-person households: 22% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 324 people lived locally, in 120 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 Sailly-Achâtel
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 18% single parents with children; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sailly-Achâtel’s residents are under 35.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Sailly-Achâtel had 244 residents at the 2012 census and 324 in 2023, up 33%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sailly-Achâtel’s population changed by +33% since 2012, more than in 97% 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 first five years brought +20%; the six to 2023, +11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in Sailly-Achâtel
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sailly-Achâtel 35.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On average, 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%.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
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
A household here holds 2.8 people on average. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Sailly-Achâtel sits higher than 99% of compared French towns: 18%.
More empty homes than 76% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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, 15% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 2.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,960 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.
At €28,960 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Sailly-Achâtel, 18% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 97% 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
In Sailly-Achâtel, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 85% of compared French towns: 18%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Sailly-Achâtel comes in at 0.7%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Sailly-Achâtel has 48%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 324 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.
Ages run from 35.7 in Sailly-Achâtel to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Sailly-Achâtel is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailly-Achâtel | 35.7 | 15% | 2.4% | 1.3% |
| Marly 10,286 · 10.9 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Pont-à-Mousson 14,190 · 11.4 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson 4,659 · 12.1 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 13% |
| Custines 3,089 · 12.5 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 0.8% | 3% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 12.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 12.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
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 Sailly-Achâtel
What is the population of Sailly-Achâtel?
324 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% more than in 2012 (244).
How old are Sailly-Achâtel’s residents?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 33% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sailly-Achâtel?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sailly-Achâtel?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sailly-Achâtel?
€28,960 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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