Couples with children: 38%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
52% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.8%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Vilsberg’s population at 348, in 150 households. In Vilsberg, 7.5% of homes are flats.
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 Vilsberg
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.4% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vilsberg had 370 residents at the 2012 census and 348 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 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.
Since 2012, Vilsberg has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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, −4% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Half of Vilsberg is over 47.5, older than 72% 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
■ Vilsberg 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. For Vilsberg, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Vilsberg, 3.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
2.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 32% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 4.6%, above three quarters of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,380 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 Vilsberg’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,380 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 74% 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
6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 80% of compared French towns
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 80% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2% of residents are foreign nationals in Vilsberg.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 single residents (18%), Vilsberg is below 98% of compared French towns. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Vilsberg has fewer adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 18%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Vilsberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilsberg | 47.5 | 26% | 4.6% | 3.2% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 1.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 8.6 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.7 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 9.9 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 10.4 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
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 Vilsberg
What is the population of Vilsberg?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (370).
How old are Vilsberg’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vilsberg?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vilsberg?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vilsberg?
€26,380 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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