Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Sturzelbronn is over 55.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Sturzelbronn has 27%. Flats make up about one in 11 here (9.2%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Moselle town had 168 residents in 78 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Sturzelbronn
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sturzelbronn, 23% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Sturzelbronn’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sturzelbronn had 181 residents at the 2012 census and 168 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes in Sturzelbronn are second homes
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
Empty homes make up 13%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9% (under two years).
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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
The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Sturzelbronn ranks above 85% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sturzelbronn 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
The figure for couples with children is 20% in Sturzelbronn and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. For Sturzelbronn, the census puts one-person households at 33%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,760 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 Sturzelbronn’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third 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 higher share of foreign nationals than 82% of compared French towns, at 10%
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.
11% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over three quarters 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.
Single residents: 15%, a lower share than 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Sturzelbronn has 53%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 97% of compared French towns: 34%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 168 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Sturzelbronn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturzelbronn | 55.5 | 30% | 23% | 11% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 7 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 7.6 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 8.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 10.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 13.3 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 13.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
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 Sturzelbronn
What is the population of Sturzelbronn?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (181).
How old are Sturzelbronn’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sturzelbronn?
27, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sturzelbronn?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sturzelbronn?
€21,760 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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