Only 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Créhange
0.8% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. For Créhange, the census puts flats at 22%. With a median age of 48.3, Créhange is older than 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 3,691 people lived here, in 1,670 households.
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 Créhange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Créhange had 4,010 residents at the 2012 census and 3,691 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%.
In Créhange, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 69% 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
■ Créhange 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 60% 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 make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
Créhange sits below 67% of compared French towns for empty homes (5.5%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of households in social housing here, 12%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,080 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Some 14.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Créhange: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 92% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.2% of Créhange’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. For Créhange, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.4%.
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 66% of compared French towns: 23%
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 census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Créhange. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Créhange
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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, Créhange is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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 Pont-de-l'Isère (38.6), the oldest Lectoure (55.4).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Créhange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Créhange | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 0.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 4.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 4.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 5.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 7 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 7.7 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
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 Créhange
What is the population of Créhange?
3,691 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (4,010).
How old are Créhange’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Créhange?
14, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Créhange?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Créhange?
€24,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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