Households in social housing make up 0.5% in Gomelange, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In Gomelange, 4.4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of homes are flats. More households headed by a retired person than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 37%. The town is home to 476 residents in 200 households, by 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 Gomelange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gomelange had 535 residents at the 2012 census and 476 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 2.5% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 −4% to 2023.
Gomelange sits below 67% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gomelange 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Gomelange’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 92% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. What’s more, with single-parent households at 2.5%, Gomelange is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count.
87% of homes are houses
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
28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2.9% moved in within the last two years. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.5%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,050 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 €26,050 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Gomelange sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.5%)
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
Here 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. Here, 4.2% of residents are immigrants. As a yardstick, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 50%
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. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Gomelange, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 476 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Gomelange and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gomelange | 45.2 | 20% | 2.5% | 4.2% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 4.2 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 4.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 9.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 9.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 10.6 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 11.6 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Gomelange
What is the population of Gomelange?
476 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (535).
How old are Gomelange’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gomelange?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gomelange?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gomelange?
€26,050 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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