Households headed by a manual worker: 30%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 49.8, Rahling is older than 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 707 people lived locally, in 320 households. On the census count, 9.9% of homes are flats. 29% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
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 Rahling
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rahling had 817 residents at the 2012 census and 707 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−13% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Rahling ranks below 90% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rahling 49.8. 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns, at 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
Single-parent households: 9.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
9.5% of homes stand empty, more than in 76% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 47%. At 8.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2%.
A median standard of living of €27,020 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 €27,020 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Rahling sits below 87% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.8%)
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
Locally, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 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).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, below 84% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Rahling has 2%. 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.
Rahling: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Rahling, less than in 94% 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
Adults with no qualification: 31%, above 93% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 707 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Rahling and its 6 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahling | 49.8 | 24% | 2% | 2.8% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 6.9 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 8.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 9.6 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 10.5 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 10.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 11.3 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
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 Rahling
What is the population of Rahling?
707 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (817).
How old are Rahling’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rahling?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rahling?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rahling?
€27,020 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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