A median age of 35.3: Oron is younger than 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Oron had 111 residents in 43 households at the 2023 census. About one in 45: that is how common households without a car are in Oron (2.2%). Flats: 5.8% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Oron
A young town
Half of Oron’s residents are under 35.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Oron has grown +6%, faster than 54% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −10%; from 2017 to 2023, +18%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%.
In Oron, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 83% 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
■ Oron 35.3. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Oron ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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 share of couples with children trails 64% of compared French towns: 22%. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents, or about one in nine.
A town of second homes: 5.6% of its homes
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Oron, 5.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 17% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €25,390 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.
Half of Oron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Only 22% of households are headed by a retired person in Oron
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. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Oron ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
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 lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
Oron sits above 85% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Oron has 24%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Oron, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
Here 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 111 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.
Oron is the youngest (35.3); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Oron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oron | 35.3 | 17% | 5.6% | 0.8% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 7.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 11.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 11.6 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 12.8 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 14.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 14.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
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 Oron
What is the population of Oron?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (105).
How old are Oron’s residents?
The median age is 35.3, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oron?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oron?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oron?
€25,390 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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