49% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 499 residents in 220 households: that is Vaudreching at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (27%). Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes are flats here.
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 Vaudreching
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vaudreching had 568 residents at the 2012 census and 499 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 49.4: Vaudreching is older than 81% 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
■ Vaudreching 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of one-person households than 81% of compared French towns, at 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
Here 27% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Average household size: 2.3 people. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Vaudreching, 8.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 66% 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
8.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 34% have been in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,350 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,350 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Vaudreching, 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 73% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vaudreching: 6.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. In Vaudreching, 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 76% 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
On the census count, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 47% and 5.8%, and 8.4% are widowed.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
For Vaudreching, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 499 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.
Vaudreching is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaudreching | 49.4 | 27% | 2.7% | 6.7% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 1 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 7.1 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 9.1 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 9.5 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Carling 3,291 · 11.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 12.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Vaudreching
What is the population of Vaudreching?
499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (568).
How old are Vaudreching’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaudreching?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaudreching?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaudreching?
€25,350 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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