A median age of 53.5: Dabo is older than 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,361 people lived in Dabo, in 1,130 households. 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in four. By its share of flats (15%), Dabo is below 78% 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.
What stands out about the people of Dabo
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dabo, 14% of its 1,560 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dabo had 2,639 residents at the 2012 census and 2,361 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Dabo’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 210 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dabo sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Dabo has 13%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 45% have stayed 30 years or more. On households without a car, Dabo sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 10%.
Dabo changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Dabo ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dabo 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 70% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Couples with children make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: nearly a tenth of the total. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Half above, half below €25,540 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,540 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
In Dabo, 40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Dabo. Measured more widely, 32% 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).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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, Dabo has 0.8%. The usual figure: 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Dabo comes in at 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 30% in Dabo and 19% in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,361 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Dabo
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dabo | 53.5 | 28% | 14% | 2% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 7.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 7.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 8.3 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.4 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 10.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 12.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
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 Dabo
What is the population of Dabo?
2,361 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (2,639).
How old are Dabo’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dabo?
220, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dabo?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dabo?
€25,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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