Half of Saint-Jean-de-Bassel is over 59, older than 98% of compared French towns
Flats: 9.7%, below 87% of compared French towns. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Jean-de-Bassel’s 88 households held 322 residents at the 2023 Census. Second homes: 4.9% of the total.
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 Saint-Jean-de-Bassel
An older town
Half of Saint-Jean-de-Bassel’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 28% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 74% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%. The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, −8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 44% in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel, more than in 99% 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
■ Saint-Jean-de-Bassel 59. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
65% women, 35% men
About 53 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 88% 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
Here 28% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
11% of homes stand empty, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Median standard of living: €26,550 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.
Half of Saint-Jean-de-Bassel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%)
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel sits above 99% of compared French towns for single residents (48%)
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 35%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 31% of adults out of school have no 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel comes in at 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (322 to 2,582 people), the 4th oldest
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).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Jean-de-Bassel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Bassel | 59 | 44% | 4.9% | 2.5% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 5.6 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 12.3 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 12.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 13.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 17.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
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 Saint-Jean-de-Bassel
What is the population of Saint-Jean-de-Bassel?
322 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (325).
How old are Saint-Jean-de-Bassel’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel?
€26,550 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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