A higher share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in Elzange. The share of flats stands at 3.9%. With a median age of 48.7, Elzange is older than 78% of compared French towns. The town’s 270 households held 666 residents at 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.
What stands out about the people of Elzange
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Elzange had 779 residents at the 2012 census and 666 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Elzange changed by −15% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −8% to 2023.
Elzange sits above 70% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (12%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Elzange 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Elzange, 11%. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
2.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 38%. Fewer households without a car than in 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. With second homes at 1.1%, Elzange is behind 79% of compared French towns on that count.
Median standard of living: €29,180 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 €29,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 16%, a higher share than 65% 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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 31% in Elzange. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Elzange: 6.9% 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.
The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (6.9%). Foreign nationals make up 4.2%, close to the figure 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.
Elzange: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 86% 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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Elzange ranks below 72% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Elzange. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (666 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Elzange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Elzange
What is the population of Elzange?
666 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (779).
How old are Elzange’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Elzange?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Elzange?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Elzange?
€29,180 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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