Below 96% of compared French towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Schmittviller. Still, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town is home to 335 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 7.8% in the 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Schmittviller: −3%
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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Schmittviller, less than in 74% 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
■ Schmittviller 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Schmittviller is 45.9, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Schmittviller sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (21%)
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 quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Schmittviller. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
5.6% of households have no car, below 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
Some 7.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.2% of homes stand empty.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,930 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.
The median standard of living in Schmittviller is €29,930 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 59% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 10%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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 immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Schmittviller has 0.3%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Schmittviller ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Schmittviller, less than in 77% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Schmittviller has 34%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 335 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Schmittviller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmittviller | 45.9 | 19% | 2% | 0.3% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 6.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 7.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 7.8 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 9.5 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 11.6 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
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 Schmittviller
What is the population of Schmittviller?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (345).
How old are Schmittviller’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schmittviller?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schmittviller?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schmittviller?
€29,930 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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