Gros-Réderching: 35% of households are couples with children, above 92% of compared French towns
9.5% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). At the 2023 Census Gros-Réderching was home to 1,266 people in 540 households. For Gros-Réderching, the census puts households in social housing at 2%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in just over four fifths 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 Gros-Réderching
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Gros-Réderching changed by −3% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%, a lower share than 82% 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
■ Gros-Réderching 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.3, Gros-Réderching is older than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Here, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Gros-Réderching: 8.6% of homes stand empty, above 69% 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
Second homes: 1.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 38%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,060 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 Gros-Réderching’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,060 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Gros-Réderching: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 62% 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
On the census count, 8.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Nothing unusual on households headed by a retired person: 32%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 4.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Gros-Réderching. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Gros-Réderching. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 70% of compared French towns: 23%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Gros-Réderching 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gros-Réderching | 45.3 | 21% | 1.5% | 4.4% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 7.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 8.3 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 9.5 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 10 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 10.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
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 Gros-Réderching
What is the population of Gros-Réderching?
1,266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,302).
How old are Gros-Réderching’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gros-Réderching?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gros-Réderching?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gros-Réderching?
€27,060 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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