Below 96% of compared French towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 314 residents and 130 households in Grindorff-Bizing. On the census count, 6.8% of homes are flats. 6.3% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
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.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 63% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 48.9: Grindorff-Bizing is older than 79% 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
■ Grindorff-Bizing 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 19% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8% of the total.
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%.
15% of households are single parents, more than in 96% 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
The share of couples with children is 30%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A higher share of empty homes than 76% of compared French towns, at 9.5%
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: 7.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 39% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Fewer second homes than in just over half of compared French towns: 2%.
A median of €28,180 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,180 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Grindorff-Bizing: 35% of households are headed by a retired person, above 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Grindorff-Bizing.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.2% of residents are immigrants in Grindorff-Bizing
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.
3.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. For comparison, 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.
57% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single, a lower share than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Grindorff-Bizing, less than in 70% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 60% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 314 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Grindorff-Bizing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grindorff-Bizing | 48.9 | 19% | 2% | 5.2% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 5.8 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 12.1 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 13.6 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 14.4 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 14.8 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Guénange 8,083 · 14.8 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 0.4% | 12% |
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 Grindorff-Bizing
What is the population of Grindorff-Bizing?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (309).
How old are Grindorff-Bizing’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grindorff-Bizing?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grindorff-Bizing?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grindorff-Bizing?
€28,180 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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