A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.2%
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 29%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Volmunster (25%). Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.8%, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns. This Moselle town had 777 residents in 360 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 Volmunster
Fewer residents than in 2012
Volmunster had 844 residents at the 2012 census and 777 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Volmunster changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Volmunster is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Volmunster 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 86% 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
Of all households, 5.8% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more. 0.8% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Volmunster has 22%.
A typical living standard of €26,730 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 Volmunster’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 9.5% in Volmunster, more than in 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.
One in ten residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is higher than in 70% 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Volmunster
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
Half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Volmunster sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
On adults with no qualification, Volmunster sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 20%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (777 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Around Volmunster, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volmunster | 49.2 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.8% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 6 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 13 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 15 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 15.3 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 16.5 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 17.5 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
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 Volmunster
What is the population of Volmunster?
777 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (844).
How old are Volmunster’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Volmunster?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Volmunster?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (9.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Volmunster?
€26,730 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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