Sarreinsming is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Sarreinsming is home to 1,178 residents in 560 households, by the 2023 Census. In Sarreinsming, 38% of households are headed by a retired person. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, 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.
What stands out about the people of Sarreinsming
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sarreinsming had 1,291 residents at the 2012 census and 1,178 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sarreinsming’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Sarreinsming: −9%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 95% 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
■ Sarreinsming 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Sarreinsming, 23%. Lower than in 68% of compared French towns: 8.9% of households are single parents. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households average 2.1 people.
Flats make up 12% in Sarreinsming, less than in 83% of compared French towns
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
Second homes: 0.9%, below 82% of compared French towns. Households without a car account for 6.8%. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€28,220 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Sarreinsming is €28,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Here, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 7.1% of Sarreinsming’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Sarreinsming, less than in 67% 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
In Sarreinsming, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,178 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Sarreinsming is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarreinsming | 53.4 | 30% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 2.4 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 5 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 6 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 7.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 8.8 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 Sarreinsming
What is the population of Sarreinsming?
1,178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,291).
How old are Sarreinsming’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarreinsming?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarreinsming?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sarreinsming?
€28,220 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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