Goin sits above 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2% in Goin. In 2023, the Census found 356 residents here, living in 150 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7% of the total. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 86% 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 Goin
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 65% of compared French towns: Goin changed by +9% since 2012
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 +2%, then +6% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18% in Goin, less than in 77% 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
■ Goin 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.3, Goin is younger than 71% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Goin has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.5%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households without a car: 6.2%, a lower share than 79% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of homes stand empty here. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Flats come to 22% in Goin, about two in ten. 2.1% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €29,660 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.
At €29,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
In Goin, 6.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 91% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 72% of compared French towns: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Goin, 3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Goin has 3.3%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Goin
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 married residents is 48% in Goin and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 54% of compared French towns: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Goin sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goin | 41.3 | 18% | 2.1% | 3.3% |
| Marly 10,286 · 6.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Metz 122,572 · 8.6 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 8.7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 9.1 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
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 Goin
What is the population of Goin?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (328).
How old are Goin’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goin?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goin?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Goin?
€29,660 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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