A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Rédange. On one-person households, Rédange sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 31%. The town had 1,014 residents in 450 households at the 2023 Census. 30% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
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 Rédange
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in Rédange (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 33% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 29% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 1.2% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 62 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rédange’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 76% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle.
Rédange is older than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rédange 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Rédange, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
1.2% of households are single parents, fewer 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
By its share of couples with children (33%), Rédange is above 88% of compared French towns. The average household has 2.3 people. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Here 8.9% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes make up about one in 29 here (3.5%). Fewer flats than in 58% of compared French towns: 25%.
Standard of living at the median: €38,240 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 €38,240 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 61% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Rédange has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 59% of compared French towns, at 13%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rédange: 33% of residents are immigrants, above 99% 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%; Rédange has 29%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 89% 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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 29% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Rédange. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,014 to 2,582 people), the 19th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Rédange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rédange | 46.1 | 19% | 3.5% | 33% |
| Villerupt 10,102 · 2.1 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.5% | 39% |
| Audun-le-Tiche 7,356 · 2.2 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 2% | 34% |
| Hussigny-Godbrange 3,912 · 2.4 mi | 42.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 27% |
| Haucourt-Moulaine 3,495 · 5.2 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 0.2% | 21% |
| Ottange 2,960 · 5.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 30% |
| Herserange 4,170 · 6.2 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.1% | 34% |
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 Rédange
What is the population of Rédange?
1,014 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,029).
How old are Rédange’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rédange?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rédange?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 33% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (29%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rédange?
€38,240 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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