Photo: Original uploader was Aimelaime at fr.wikipedia · Public domain45% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Woippy has 15%. More flats than in 88% of compared French towns: 66%. Census day 2023: 14,967 residents and 6,090 households in the town. Locally, a quarter of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Woippy
Immigrants
INSEE counts 3,200 immigrants in Woippy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
45% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 16% rent privately and 38% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Woippy’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 80% 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, +8% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Woippy is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Woippy 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Locally, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Woippy, more than in 71% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 23%, a higher share than 88% 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
17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.6% moved in within the last two years. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Woippy has fewer second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 0.4%. Empty homes make up 6.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €19,490 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.
At €19,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Some 34.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
More households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Woippy has 6.5%. For 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).
Woippy ranks above 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 21%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Woippy has 16%. Typically, 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 higher share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 31%
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 account for 42%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Woippy ranks above 90% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 29%
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
Graduates of higher education: 22% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
5th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 14,539 to 15,396
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 Lognes (34.9), the oldest Saint-Jean-de-Luz (54.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Woippy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woippy | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 1.8 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 2.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 2.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Metz 122,572 · 3.1 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Scy-Chazelles 2,753 · 3.2 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 1.8% | 8.9% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 3.7 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 Woippy
What is the population of Woippy?
14,967 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (13,133).
How old are Woippy’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Woippy?
27, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Woippy?
INSEE counts 3,170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 2,450 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Woippy?
€19,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 34.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.