A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%
Households without a car make up 4.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Lelling had 458 residents in 200 households at the 2023 census. 10% of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 81% 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 Lelling
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lelling had 498 residents at the 2012 census and 458 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 95% 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 −5%, then −3% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lelling 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Lelling is 44.2, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Lelling ranks above 79% of compared French towns on couples with children: 31%
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. One-person households are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
87% of homes are houses
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, 4% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€26,800 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,800 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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: a tenth of the total. On households headed by a retired person, Lelling sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.9% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.3%), Lelling is below 88% of compared French towns. 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Lelling has 45%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Lelling. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (458 to 2,582 people), 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lelling sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lelling | 44.2 | 22% | 0% | 2.9% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 2.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 3.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 4.2 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 4.9 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 5.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 5.8 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
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 Lelling
What is the population of Lelling?
458 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (498).
How old are Lelling’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lelling?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lelling?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lelling?
€26,800 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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