Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 10%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of households have no car in Zoufftgen. Across Zoufftgen, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). 19% of households are headed by a retired person, a lower share than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,264 residents in 550 households.
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 Zoufftgen
Growing fast
Zoufftgen had 1,006 residents at the 2012 census and 1,264 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Zoufftgen’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Zoufftgen (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +26% since 2012, faster than 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +21%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Zoufftgen is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Zoufftgen 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Zoufftgen has 8.5%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Zoufftgen sits above 74% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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
Households average 2.3 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Zoufftgen has fewer one-person households than three fifths of compared French towns, at 33%. Meanwhile, with single-parent households at 11%, Zoufftgen is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count.
Fewer empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More flats than in 64% of compared French towns: 40%. On second homes, 3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €41,640 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 €41,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Zoufftgen, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 83% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails just over three quarters of compared French towns: 10%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Zoufftgen: 15% of residents are immigrants, above 85% of compared French towns
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 13%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 45% in Zoufftgen, more than in 64% 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: 25% of the total. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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 is 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,264 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.
Zoufftgen is the youngest (37.1); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Zoufftgen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoufftgen | 37.1 | 10% | 3% | 15% |
| Hettange-Grande 7,772 · 3.9 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 2% | 10% |
| Ottange 2,960 · 5.6 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 30% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 6.2 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Manom 3,137 · 6.4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Thionville 42,658 · 6.7 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Algrange 5,802 · 7.8 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.3% | 11% |
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 Zoufftgen
What is the population of Zoufftgen?
1,264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (1,006).
How old are Zoufftgen’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Zoufftgen?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Zoufftgen?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Zoufftgen?
€41,640 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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