40% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents are 65 or over here. 2.6% of households have no car. At 12%, the share of flats is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Lorry-Mardigny’s 280 households held 683 residents 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 Lorry-Mardigny
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 3.7% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 59% of compared French towns: Lorry-Mardigny changed by +7% 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 those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 39.7: Lorry-Mardigny is younger than 80% 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
■ Lorry-Mardigny 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%), Lorry-Mardigny is below 85% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Lorry-Mardigny
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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 3.7% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 5.4%, a lower share than 68% 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
On second homes, 1.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,360 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,360 a year: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 81% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.5% of residents are immigrants in Lorry-Mardigny
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. Across Lorry-Mardigny, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals. As a yardstick, 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Lorry-Mardigny, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
36% of Lorry-Mardigny’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Lorry-Mardigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorry-Mardigny | 39.7 | 16% | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 3.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Pont-à-Mousson 14,190 · 5.4 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Marly 10,286 · 6.6 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 6.6 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson 4,659 · 7.2 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 13% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 8 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
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 Lorry-Mardigny
What is the population of Lorry-Mardigny?
683 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (638).
How old are Lorry-Mardigny’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lorry-Mardigny?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lorry-Mardigny?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lorry-Mardigny?
€28,360 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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