Etting is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put one-person households at 26% in Etting. The town had 714 residents in 320 households at the 2023 census. The share of households headed by a manual worker is 27%, against 14% in the typical compared French town.
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 Etting
An older town
Half of Etting’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Etting had 763 residents at the 2012 census and 714 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Etting has changed by −6%, slower than 92% 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 −2%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% 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
■ Etting 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Etting. On average, 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%.
Etting ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.2%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. More couples with children than in three quarters of compared French towns: 30%. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
Etting sits below 89% of compared French towns for flats (8.6%)
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
One household in 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Etting, the census puts households without a car at 6.6%. At 5.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
€26,870 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 32% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are headed by a retired person in Etting. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.8%, a lower share than 94% 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 94% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Etting, 56% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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 figure for single residents is 19% in Etting and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Etting has 27%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 714 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Etting
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etting | 53.1 | 28% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 6.7 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 7.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 7.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 7.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 8.4 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 11 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
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 Etting
What is the population of Etting?
714 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (763).
How old are Etting’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Etting?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Etting?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Etting?
€26,870 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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