In Dalem, 3.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of households are single parents here. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in five here (21%). 12% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns. Dalem is home to 695 residents in 310 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
A +13% change since 2012: Dalem grew faster than 78% 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%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dalem 46. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. By contrast, the median age in Dalem is 46, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Dalem
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: 30%, above 75% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
88% of homes are houses
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
At 1.2%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 7.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,600 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 €28,600 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Dalem: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 56% 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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Dalem (9.9%). As a yardstick, nearly a third 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).
Dalem ranks above 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 15%
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.
Here 13% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Dalem, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 share of married residents tops 97% of compared French towns: 53%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Dalem
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Dalem is below 58% of compared French towns. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 695 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
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.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Dalem
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalem | 46 | 21% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 4.3 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 4.5 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 5.3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 6.6 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Carling 3,291 · 6.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 7.7 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 Dalem
What is the population of Dalem?
695 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (613).
How old are Dalem’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dalem?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dalem?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dalem?
€28,600 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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