A lower share of flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 5.6%
25% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). In 2023, the Census found 278 residents in Laumesfeld, living in 120 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Laumesfeld
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Laumesfeld has grown +7%, faster than 61% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was +10% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 42.9: Laumesfeld is younger than 59% 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
■ Laumesfeld 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Laumesfeld (11%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Laumesfeld, 17% of households are single parents, more than in 98% 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
In Laumesfeld, 29% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households have no car in Laumesfeld. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.2% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,350 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 €28,350 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
For Laumesfeld, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.3%. Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 62% of compared French towns: 5.8% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Across Laumesfeld, 7.2% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Laumesfeld sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Laumesfeld comes in at 23%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 79% 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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 278 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Laumesfeld are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Laumesfeld
What is the population of Laumesfeld?
278 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (259).
How old are Laumesfeld’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laumesfeld?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laumesfeld?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laumesfeld?
€28,350 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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