Households without a car: 3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 35% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Waldwisse’s population at 804, in 360 households. Roughly three in ten: 32% of households are couples with children. On residents aged 65 and over, Waldwisse sits lower than 80% of compared French towns: 17%.
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 Waldwisse
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Waldwisse (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 53% 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, +7% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of compared French towns, at 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Waldwisse 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Waldwisse’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
In Waldwisse, 4.2% 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
With one-person households at 32%, Waldwisse is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 92% 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
24% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 6%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€27,440 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Waldwisse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 24%
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 manager or professional make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 92% of compared French towns: 19% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 16%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 77% 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
By its share of single residents (22%), Waldwisse is below 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Waldwisse sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Waldwisse. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 804 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Waldwisse, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldwisse | 43.1 | 17% | 2.2% | 19% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 8.1 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 12.8 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 15.6 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Manom 3,137 · 15.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 16 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 16.4 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
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 Waldwisse
What is the population of Waldwisse?
804 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (772).
How old are Waldwisse’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Waldwisse?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Waldwisse?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Waldwisse?
€27,440 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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