Budling sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
By its share of flats (6.1%), Budling is below 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 165 residents and 68 households locally. For Budling, the census puts households without a car at 2.7%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%.
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 Budling
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Budling had 179 residents at the 2012 census and 165 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Moselle town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A median age of 47.7: Budling is 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
■ Budling 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (19%), Budling is below 72% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
The average household has 2.4 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Second homes: 3.9%, a higher share than 71% 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
11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Budling sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,090 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,090 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
33% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Budling
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.1% in Budling. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% 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.
Budling sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (56%)
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 figure for single residents is 18% in Budling and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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
Across Budling, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as old as Budling
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Budling
What is the population of Budling?
165 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (179).
How old are Budling’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Budling?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Budling?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Budling?
€30,090 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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