A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 25% in Bining and 14% in the typical compared French town. The town had 1,162 residents in 510 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 9.4% of homes are flats locally. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 77% of compared French towns.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 72% of compared French towns grew faster than Bining: ±0%
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 +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Bining is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bining 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.7% in Bining and 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 75% 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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 11%, above 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Only 6.1% of households have no car in Bining
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
Empty homes: 8%, above 63% of compared French towns. 2.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 50% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 40%.
Median standard of living: €25,950 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 €25,950 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 34% in Bining, more than in 60% 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
More households headed by a manager or professional than in 52% of compared French towns: 9.8%. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
2.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 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.
Bining ranks above 91% of compared French towns on married residents: 50%
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 Bining, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bining sits below 81% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bining. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,162 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Bining
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bining | 46.3 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 8 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 9.9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 10.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.1 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 10.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 11.8 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
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 Bining
What is the population of Bining?
1,162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,167).
How old are Bining’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bining?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bining?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bining?
€25,950 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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