Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes are flats
Single-parent households: 5.1%, below 99% of compared French towns. At the same time, at 29%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Essegney’s 300 households held 747 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Essegney, 6.1% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 63% of compared French towns grew faster than Essegney: +2%
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vosges town −6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Half of Essegney is over 47.7, older than 73% 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
■ Essegney 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Essegney has 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Essegney, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 32%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of empty homes than 65% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Put another way, about one in 77: 1.3% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,440 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.
Living standards centre on €27,440 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Essegney ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 19%
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 Essegney, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. 36% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Essegney, less than in 98% 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
The share of married residents trails 71% of compared French towns: 40%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 25%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Essegney. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 747 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Essegney, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essegney | 47.7 | 29% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 0.9 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 9.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 9.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Damelevières 3,080 · 13.3 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 13.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau 3,893 · 13.5 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 0.4% | 2.2% |
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 Essegney
What is the population of Essegney?
747 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (735).
How old are Essegney’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Essegney?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Essegney?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Essegney?
€27,440 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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