Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 2.1% in Launstroff. On the census count, 7.1% of homes are flats. Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. The town counted 238 residents and 96 households at 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 Launstroff
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Launstroff (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Launstroff had 261 residents at the 2012 census and 238 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Launstroff has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 77% 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
■ Launstroff 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.1, Launstroff is older than just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
4.5% of homes in Launstroff are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,280 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 €28,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 19% in Launstroff, more than in 91% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Launstroff. 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.
Launstroff ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 53%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Launstroff. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Launstroff: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 63% 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 stands at 20%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 238 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Launstroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launstroff | 44.1 | 18% | 4.5% | 19% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 9.8 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 11.6 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 14.9 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Manom 3,137 · 15 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Hettange-Grande 7,772 · 15.7 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 2% | 10% |
| Guénange 8,083 · 16.2 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 Launstroff
What is the population of Launstroff?
238 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (261).
How old are Launstroff’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Launstroff?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Launstroff?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Launstroff?
€28,280 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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