In Sarraltroff, 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Sarraltroff was home to 789 people in 330 households. Census figures put households without a car at 5.4% in the town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone here.
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 Sarraltroff
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sarraltroff’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 54% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 83% 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
■ Sarraltroff 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.2, Sarraltroff is younger than 56% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Sarraltroff, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Sarraltroff sits above 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (28%)
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. At 8.8%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
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
0.7% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Across Sarraltroff, 19% of homes are flats.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,990 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 Sarraltroff’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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
For Sarraltroff, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 31%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 86% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of residents are immigrants in Sarraltroff. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 73% 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.
Sarraltroff ranks below 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Sarraltroff is above 78% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 71% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Sarraltroff is below 67% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 789 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Sarraltroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarraltroff | 43.2 | 23% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 2.7 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 9 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 11.4 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 13.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 15.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 15.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
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 Sarraltroff
What is the population of Sarraltroff?
789 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (746).
How old are Sarraltroff’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarraltroff?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarraltroff?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sarraltroff?
€25,990 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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