Only 1.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ferdrupt
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Ferdrupt has 6.6%. This Vosges town has fewer single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns, at 7.4%. The 2023 Census counted 738 residents in 340 households. Households without a car account for 6.4%.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Ferdrupt
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ferdrupt, 16% of its 460 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Of all households, 6.6% moved in during the last two years and 31% have stayed three decades or more. Ferdrupt has fewer flats than 76% of compared French towns, at 16%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Ferdrupt changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 73% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −6% in Vosges.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Ferdrupt is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ferdrupt 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 80% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Ferdrupt has more couples with children than 53% of compared French towns, at 26%.
The median resident lives on €23,690 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 25%
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
33% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. Set beside that, 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).
In Ferdrupt, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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: 2.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Ferdrupt: 50% of residents 15 and over are married, above 92% 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: 20%, below 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
With adults with no qualification at 25%, Ferdrupt is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (738 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Ferdrupt sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdrupt | 50.3 | 26% | 16% | 3.5% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 2.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 3.1 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 2,566 · 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 21% | 4.4% |
| Cornimont 3,027 · 6.9 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% | 5.8% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 7.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Remiremont 7,388 · 9.5 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3% | 9.1% |
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 Ferdrupt
What is the population of Ferdrupt?
738 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (744).
How old are Ferdrupt’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ferdrupt?
73, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ferdrupt?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ferdrupt?
€23,690 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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