Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.9% of households have no car
Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. More households headed by a retired person than in 91% of compared French towns: 43%. In 2023, the Census found 338 residents in Biding, living in 150 households. On the census count, 0.6% of homes are second homes.
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 Biding
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Biding’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% 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
Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Biding 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Biding is 42.8, lower than in 60% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Biding (11%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Households average 2.3 people.
Flats: 21%, a lower share than 66% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. 8.2% of homes stand empty, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €27,550 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 €27,550 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 18%, a higher share than 73% 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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Biding
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Biding. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
In Biding, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (338 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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.
Biding and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biding | 42.8 | 19% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 3.2 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 4.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 4.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 4.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 5 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 5.6 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 Biding
What is the population of Biding?
338 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (305).
How old are Biding’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Biding?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Biding?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Biding?
€27,550 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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