Willerwald: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,517 residents and 640 households in Willerwald. Couples with children: 30% of the total. In Willerwald, 7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French 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.
Willerwald’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 70% 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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −2% to 2023.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 79% 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
■ Willerwald 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Willerwald is below 62% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Willerwald sits below 81% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. 7.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns.
17% of homes are flats, below 73% 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 33% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8% (under two years). Willerwald has fewer second homes than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 1.6%. One household in 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
€27,370 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €27,370 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 65% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Willerwald has 7.8%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Willerwald, 7.9% of residents are immigrants, more than in 60% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Willerwald: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
Here 21% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Willerwald sits below 57% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Willerwald. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Willerwald is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willerwald | 42.5 | 20% | 1.6% | 7.9% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 2.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 2.6 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 3.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 5.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 6.1 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 6.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
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 Willerwald
What is the population of Willerwald?
1,517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,519).
How old are Willerwald’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Willerwald?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Willerwald?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Willerwald?
€27,370 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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