A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 702 residents and 300 households in Metzing. About one in 26: that is how common households without a car are in Metzing (3.8%). Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Metzing has 7.7%.
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 Metzing
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 71% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of Metzing is under 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Metzing 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Metzing comes in at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 89% of compared French towns: 27%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The census found that 11% of households are single parents in Metzing. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
A lower share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 0.4%
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
A fifth of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At 6.3%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,370 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.
At €27,370 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Metzing, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 86% of compared French towns
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
8.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 66% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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.
On the census count, 4% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 80% of compared French towns: 47%
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 Metzing comes in at 23%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 76% 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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 29% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 702 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Metzing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metzing | 43.4 | 21% | 0.4% | 4.7% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 2.8 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 3.9 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 3.9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 4.5 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Behren-lès-Forbach 6,166 · 4.7 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.5% | 27% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 4.7 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
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 Metzing
What is the population of Metzing?
702 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (636).
How old are Metzing’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Metzing?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Metzing?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Metzing?
€27,370 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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