Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 13%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 88% of compared French towns: 3.9%. Charly-Oradour is home to 810 residents in 320 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 36: 2.8% of households have no car.
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 Charly-Oradour
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 4.6% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Growing fast
Charly-Oradour had 674 residents at the 2012 census and 810 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Charly-Oradour grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 90% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +19%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charly-Oradour 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Charly-Oradour’s residents are under 40.2, younger than in 78% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Charly-Oradour ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 18%
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.6% of households are single parents here. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
A lower share of flats than 84% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
On second homes, 1.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €34,320 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 Charly-Oradour’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €34,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns: 22%
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
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Charly-Oradour has 1.9%. Across the comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Married people make up 55% and PACS partners 16%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 3.4% are widowed. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
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 30% in the typical compared French town, 52% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Charly-Oradour. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 810 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Charly-Oradour is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charly-Oradour | 40.2 | 13% | 1.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 3.1 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 4 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 4.6 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Metz 122,572 · 4.7 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 5.2 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| Talange 8,120 · 5.3 mi | 42 | 20% | 0.3% | 17% |
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 Charly-Oradour
What is the population of Charly-Oradour?
810 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (674).
How old are Charly-Oradour’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charly-Oradour?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charly-Oradour?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charly-Oradour?
€34,320 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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