More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
In Orny, 2.3% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 448 residents in 170 households. The census found that 7.5% of homes are flats in the town. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in nearly four fifths 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 Orny
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Orny had 367 residents at the 2012 census and 448 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Orny’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 18% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +22% change since 2012: Orny grew faster than 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Moselle town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +25% to 2023.
Only 13% of residents are 65 or over in Orny
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orny 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Orny. Meanwhile, the median age in the town is 38.5, lower than in 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Orny sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (15%)
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.9% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
93% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 15% (under two years). Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €30,150 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.
Living standards centre on €30,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: intermediate occupations (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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Orny, 8.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 30: that is how common immigrants are in Orny (3.3%).
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 97% of compared French towns, at 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 9.1% of adults out of school have no 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
47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 448 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Orny and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orny | 38.5 | 13% | 0% | 3.3% |
| Marly 10,286 · 5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 6.5 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Metz 122,572 · 6.6 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 7.5 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 7.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 7.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
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 Orny
What is the population of Orny?
448 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (367).
How old are Orny’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orny?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orny?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orny?
€30,150 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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