0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Lachambre comes in at 3.2%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24. The town had 906 residents in 380 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 13%.
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 Lachambre
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 75% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +13%, then −1% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lachambre 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Lachambre is younger than 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 25% of households are one person living alone in Lachambre. Average household size: 2.4 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns.
Second homes make up 1% in Lachambre, less than in 81% 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
Of all households, 5.7% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 5.1% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 72% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €29,220 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,220 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Lachambre sits above 62% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (12%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Lachambre has 12%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (31%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 78% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Lachambre, 1.7%. The usual figure: 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 96% 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
Single residents: 20%, below 91% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 906 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lachambre is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachambre | 43.6 | 19% | 1% | 3.5% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 1 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 1.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 2.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 2.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 3.7 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 5.2 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 Lachambre
What is the population of Lachambre?
906 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (809).
How old are Lachambre’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lachambre?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lachambre?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lachambre?
€29,220 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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