Above 99% of compared French towns: 59% of households are headed by a retired person
Half of Bébing’s residents are over 50.5, older than in 85% of compared French towns. The town counted 189 residents and 84 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 24% of households are one person living alone here. The figure for flats is 7.9% in Bébing and 30% 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.
What stands out about the people of Bébing
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 10% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Bébing ahead of 81% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +22%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bébing 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 5.9% in Bébing. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A smaller share of households without a car than 81% of compared French towns: 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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Empty homes account for 6.8%.
€30,260 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
In Bébing, 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Bébing has 12%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bébing ranks below 76% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.7%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bébing has 2.1%. The usual figure: 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.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Bébing has 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 189 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bébing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bébing | 50.5 | 26% | 0% | 3.7% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 3.2 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 12.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 14.3 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 16.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 16.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 17.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
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 Bébing
What is the population of Bébing?
189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (165).
How old are Bébing’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bébing?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bébing?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bébing?
€30,260 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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