Only 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Wittring
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Wittring. This Moselle town had 736 residents in 320 households at the 2023 Census. In Wittring, 7.1% of homes are flats. The median age locally is 48.4, higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
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 Wittring
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wittring had 818 residents at the 2012 census and 736 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 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.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Wittring changed by −10% since 2012
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, −3% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of compared French towns, at 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wittring 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Wittring, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The wider picture: 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%.
Only 6.1% of households are single parents in Wittring
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: 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Wittring comes in at 26%.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Wittring, 5.8%. Fewer second homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 1.1%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 41%.
A median standard of living of €26,620 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Measured more widely, 32% 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).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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 78% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 38 here (2.6%). In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 55%
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: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In Wittring, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 736 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Wittring: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittring | 48.4 | 22% | 1.1% | 3.4% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 4.8 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 5.2 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 6.6 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 6.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 8.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 8.9 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
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 Wittring
What is the population of Wittring?
736 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (818).
How old are Wittring’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wittring?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wittring?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wittring?
€26,620 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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