A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 41%
Flats make up 5.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 522 people lived in Waldweistroff, in 200 households. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Waldweistroff (33%). This Moselle town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%.
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 Waldweistroff
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 56% 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, ±0% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Younger than 78% of compared French towns: half of Waldweistroff is under 40.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Waldweistroff 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
On average, 2.7 people share a household. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 5.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 4.1%, a lower share than 94% 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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6.2% of homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €26,300 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.
The median standard of living in Waldweistroff is €26,300 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Waldweistroff sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.6%)
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
38% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). On average, 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).
Waldweistroff sits above 68% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6.7%)
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.
7.5% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 13. That is higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 93% 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
Single residents: 22%, below 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
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 Waldweistroff’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 522 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.
Waldweistroff is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldweistroff | 40.2 | 15% | 1.4% | 7.5% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 4.7 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 11.7 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 12.2 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 13.5 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Guénange 8,083 · 13.6 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 0.4% | 12% |
| Bertrange 2,941 · 14 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
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 Waldweistroff
What is the population of Waldweistroff?
522 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (492).
How old are Waldweistroff’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Waldweistroff?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Waldweistroff?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Waldweistroff?
€26,300 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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