Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Vantoux is over 58.5
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 49% of households are headed by a retired person here. 823 residents in 350 households: that is Vantoux at the 2023 Census. For Vantoux, the census puts empty homes at 2.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Vantoux
An older town
Half of Vantoux’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vantoux had 909 residents at the 2012 census and 823 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Vantoux behind 96% 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
The median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −3%.
In Vantoux, 37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Vantoux 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Vantoux sits below 83% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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 single-parent households is 8.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few couples with children: 24% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 82% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 33% have stayed 30 years or more. On households without a car, Vantoux sits lower than 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €35,300 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 €35,300 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Only 7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker in Vantoux
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Vantoux. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
6.7% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Married residents make up 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Vantoux sits above 84% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (42%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification trails 70% of compared French towns: 15%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 823 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Vantoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantoux | 58.5 | 37% | 1.4% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 1.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Metz 122,572 · 2.3 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 3.7 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 3.8 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 3.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 4.2 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 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 Vantoux
What is the population of Vantoux?
823 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (909).
How old are Vantoux’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vantoux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vantoux?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vantoux?
€35,300 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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