Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households are single parents
Half of Silly-sur-Nied’s residents are over 49.7, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Flats: just over a tenth of the total. At the 2023 Census Silly-sur-Nied was home to 719 people in 320 households. Here 0.3% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Silly-sur-Nied behind 57% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Silly-sur-Nied 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Silly-sur-Nied comes in at 25%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 92% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Higher than in three quarters of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 91% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.9% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 4.5%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €31,540 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 Silly-sur-Nied’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
In Silly-sur-Nied, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 86% 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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Silly-sur-Nied sits below 69% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.7%)
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 nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.5% 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.
Married residents make up 58% in Silly-sur-Nied, more 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
Single residents: 17% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Silly-sur-Nied, less than in 87% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 40%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (719 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Silly-sur-Nied
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silly-sur-Nied | 49.7 | 25% | 0.3% | 5.5% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 2 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 7.1 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 7.6 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Metz 122,572 · 7.7 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 9.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 9.4 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
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 Silly-sur-Nied
What is the population of Silly-sur-Nied?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (697).
How old are Silly-sur-Nied’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Silly-sur-Nied?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Silly-sur-Nied?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Silly-sur-Nied?
€31,540 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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