Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of households are couples with children
The share of households without a car is 1.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 296 residents in 120 households. Households headed by a manual worker: a third of the total. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Château-Rouge
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 8.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Château-Rouge (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Château-Rouge’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
13% of residents are 65 or over, below 96% 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
■ Château-Rouge 44. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44, Château-Rouge is younger than 50% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Château-Rouge, 20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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
Average household size: 2.5 people. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households are single parents. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
4.8% of homes are flats, below 96% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 2.5% (under two years). Château-Rouge sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€30,870 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.
At €30,870 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 12%, a lower share than 99% 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 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 94% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are foreign nationals here. Typically, 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Château-Rouge comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 9.6% in Château-Rouge, less than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Château-Rouge, 32%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 296 to 2,582
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).
Older than Château-Rouge: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Rouge | 44 | 13% | 1.8% | 21% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 2.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 7.1 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 7.3 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 8.1 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Carling 3,291 · 9.6 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 10.4 mi | 44 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
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 Château-Rouge
What is the population of Château-Rouge?
296 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (259).
How old are Château-Rouge’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Château-Rouge?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Château-Rouge?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Château-Rouge?
€30,870 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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