Rouhling: 17% of households are single parents, above 98% of compared French towns
Half of Rouhling’s residents are over 49.7, older than in 82% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,981 residents in 940 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 5.9% locally. Here just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
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.
Rouhling changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 81% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouhling 49.7. 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 Rouhling comes in at 27%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Rouhling sits below 78% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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
With one-person households at 37%, Rouhling is ahead of 57% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
Rouhling sits above 86% of compared French towns for households in social housing (25%)
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
Of all households, 8.8% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. On second homes, Rouhling sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 0.3%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 46% of homes are flats here.
A median standard of living of €25,140 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 Rouhling’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.3%, a lower share than 74% of compared French towns
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
30% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns, at 9.3%
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.
6.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 58% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 23% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,981 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).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Rouhling
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouhling | 49.7 | 27% | 0.3% | 9.3% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 1.4 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 3.5 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Behren-lès-Forbach 6,166 · 3.7 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.5% | 27% |
| Spicheren 3,143 · 4.2 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 0.9% | 30% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 4.5 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Œting 2,599 · 4.7 mi | 47.9 | 21% | 1.4% | 23% |
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 Rouhling
What is the population of Rouhling?
1,981 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,043).
How old are Rouhling’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouhling?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouhling?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouhling?
€25,140 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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