Photo: Nicolas5788 · CC BY-SA 4.0Œting sits below 94% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.8%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 4.3% in Œting. At the 2023 Census Œting was home to 2,599 people in 1,140 households. The share of households headed by a retired person trails 84% of compared French towns: 25%.
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 Œting
Immigrants
INSEE counts 600 immigrants in Œting (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 71% of compared French towns grew faster than Œting: ±0%
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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle.
Half of Œting is over 47.9, older than 74% 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
■ Œting 47.9. 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 Œting comes in at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
28% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The census found that 31% of households are couples with children in Œting.
A smaller share of flats than 74% of compared French towns: 17%
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 5.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €30,250 a year per consumption unit
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 €30,250 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 86% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
Œting ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 17%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Œting, 17%. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 23% in Œting, more than in 95% 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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 19% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
60% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,578 to 2,619
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 Bourguébus (34.6), the youngest, and Bessèges (59.4), the oldest.
Œting is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Œting | 47.9 | 21% | 1.4% | 23% |
| Behren-lès-Forbach 6,166 · 1.1 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.5% | 27% |
| Forbach 20,493 · 1.3 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Morsbach 2,635 · 1.9 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 13% |
| Stiring-Wendel 10,956 · 2.2 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 0.3% | 15% |
| Spicheren 3,143 · 2.8 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 0.9% | 30% |
| Cocheren 3,358 · 3.4 mi | 48 | 27% | 0.7% | 8.1% |
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 Œting
What is the population of Œting?
2,599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,604).
How old are Œting’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Œting?
17, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Œting?
INSEE counts 600 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 480 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Œting?
€30,250 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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