Vieux-Moulin ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.1%
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Vieux-Moulin. On the census count, 4.1% of households have no car. With a median age of 50.2, Vieux-Moulin is older than 84% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 326 residents locally, living in 150 households.
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.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Vieux-Moulin changed by −3% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vieux-Moulin 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 86% 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
The share of single-parent households trails 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A town of second homes: 7.8% of its homes
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 8.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 11%, more than in 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,590 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 €23,590 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
In Vieux-Moulin, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 77% 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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in six.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 99% 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 immigrants at 2.8%, Vieux-Moulin is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 95% 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 single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Vieux-Moulin comes in at 24%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 326 to 2,582 people
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).
Vieux-Moulin is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Moulin | 50.2 | 26% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 4.3 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 7.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 7.8 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 10.9 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 12.4 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 13.5 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
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 Vieux-Moulin
What is the population of Vieux-Moulin?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (336).
How old are Vieux-Moulin’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vieux-Moulin?
14, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vieux-Moulin?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vieux-Moulin?
€23,590 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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