Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Etzling had 1,136 residents in 500 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, a quarter of households are one person living alone. In Etzling, 0.6% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% 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 Etzling
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in Etzling (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 21% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Etzling’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 69% 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 +4%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Half of Etzling is over 51.7, 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
■ Etzling 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 13%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 25% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
4.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 90% 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
Turnover: 5.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 40% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 15%, the share of flats is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 7.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,480 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,480 a year: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 14% in Etzling, more than in 73% 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
In Etzling, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
23% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are foreign nationals here. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Married residents make up 57% in Etzling, 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 17% in Etzling and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Etzling, 27%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,136 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Etzling
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etzling | 51.7 | 29% | 0.6% | 23% |
| Spicheren 3,143 · 1 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 0.9% | 30% |
| Behren-lès-Forbach 6,166 · 1.2 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.5% | 27% |
| Stiring-Wendel 10,956 · 1.9 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 0.3% | 15% |
| Œting 2,599 · 2.2 mi | 47.9 | 21% | 1.4% | 23% |
| Forbach 20,493 · 2.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 3.3 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 Etzling
What is the population of Etzling?
1,136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,134).
How old are Etzling’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Etzling?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Etzling?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (21%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Etzling?
€28,480 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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