14% of households are couples with children, below 93% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 18%, Dieuze is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. The town’s 1,390 households held 2,770 residents at the 2023 Census. Two in five households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 54%, more than in 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 Dieuze
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dieuze had 3,491 residents at the 2012 census and 2,770 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Dieuze’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Dieuze’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 34% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−21% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 first five years brought −17%; the six to 2023, −5%.
A median age of 51.9: Dieuze is older than 88% 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
■ Dieuze 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 48%, a higher share than 90% 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. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.8 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Dieuze has 1.1%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM).
A median of €23,140 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Dieuze is €23,140 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 19.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.1% in Dieuze, less than in 75% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker here. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.5%, a lower share than 87% 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.
The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 3.5% of the total. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Dieuze sits below 78% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
With single residents at 27%, Dieuze is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 90% 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
Here 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,743 to 2,797 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.
Ages run from 37.7 in Trieux to 60.8 in Collioure.
Dieuze is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieuze | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 8.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 16 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 17.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
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 Dieuze
What is the population of Dieuze?
2,770 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (3,491).
How old are Dieuze’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dieuze?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dieuze?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dieuze?
€23,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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