Oberdorff sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.5%)
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Oberdorff comes in at 3.3%. 4.4% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 329 residents in 150 households.
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 Oberdorff
Fewer residents than in 2012
Oberdorff had 357 residents at the 2012 census and 329 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Oberdorff’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Oberdorff changed by −8% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Oberdorff is over 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Oberdorff 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 3.3% in Oberdorff, less than in 99% 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
With one-person households at 27%, Oberdorff is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 30% of households are couples with children.
3.8% of homes stand empty, below 90% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 43%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on second homes: 1.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €29,290 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 median standard of living in Oberdorff is €29,290 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
In Oberdorff, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, below 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Oberdorff, 9.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 80% 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.
The share of immigrants is 11%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Married residents make up 53%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Oberdorff sits below 91% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Oberdorff has 17%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (329 to 2,582 people), the 11th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Oberdorff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberdorff | 51.2 | 24% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 6.8 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 6.8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 7.5 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Carling 3,291 · 9.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 10.1 mi | 44 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
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 Oberdorff
What is the population of Oberdorff?
329 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (357).
How old are Oberdorff’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oberdorff?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oberdorff?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (9.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oberdorff?
€29,290 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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