Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.5%
With a median age of 50, Woustviller is older than 83% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,786 residents and 1,270 households in the town. Households without a car account for 5.1%. 0.1% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
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 Woustviller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Woustviller had 3,252 residents at the 2012 census and 2,786 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Woustviller changed by −14% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
In Woustviller, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 87% 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
■ Woustviller 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%
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. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 63% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in Woustviller.
Woustviller ranks below 54% of compared French towns on flats: 27%
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
Some 8.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 35% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.8%).
The median resident lives on €26,650 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Woustviller is €26,650 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents.
In Woustviller, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Woustviller has more households headed by a retired person than 69% of compared French towns, at 36%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Woustviller, 12% of residents are immigrants, more 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.
With foreign nationals at 8.8%, Woustviller is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
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 (19%), Woustviller is below 94% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Woustviller sits below 76% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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 the census count, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,761 to 2,811
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 La Fère (39.7), the youngest, and Argelès-Gazost (59.7), the oldest.
Woustviller and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woustviller | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 1.8 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 3.8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 4.1 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 5.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 5.7 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 6.4 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
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 Woustviller
What is the population of Woustviller?
2,786 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (3,252).
How old are Woustviller’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Woustviller?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Woustviller?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Woustviller?
€26,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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