The city: Metz
Some figures in detail concerning the demography of Metz
With an area of 41.76 km² and a population of 116,581 inhabitants, Metz had a population density of 2,791.7 inhabitants/square kilometer in 2018. This locality was therefore one of the densest in the Moselle department.
Discover the key figures of Metz’s real estate portfolio
With an area of 41.76 km² and a total of 116,581 inhabitants for 67,362 housing units, Metz has a fairly high population density but a low residential density (respectively 2,791.7 hab/km² and 16.1 log/ha) . They are both higher than the departmental averages (167 inhabitants per km² and 0.8 log/ha).
Characteristics and practical information on the distribution of housing in the locality
Within the city, there are currently a greater share of tenants than owners: 32.8% of main residences are occupied by owners while 67.2% are occupied by tenants (including 1.9% as free). Among the dwellings in the locality, 12.4% are vacant dwellings, 2.2% are secondary residences and 85.4% are primary residences. Social housing makes up 23.9% of homes. The majority of the 57,525 households settled in Metz between 2 and 4 years ago.
What are the characteristics of the rooms in the locality’s housing?
In the municipality, the vast majority of housing is apartments (85.5%). They mostly have 3 rooms (28.3% of the total number of apartments) with a surface area generally between 60 and 80 m². There are also many 2-room apartments (23.3%). The houses, fewer in number (8,770), are mainly made up of 5 rooms. Their average surface area is most often between 100 and 120 m². Finally, we can see that the majority of housing in the municipality was built between 1971 and 1990.
What are the characteristics of income tax in Metz?
The city of Metz has a total of 71,589 tax households. Among them, nearly 56.4% are non-taxable, compared to 55% for the Moselle department and 50.2% nationwide. The median annual income of Messins is €20,010, or €1,920 less than that of France. Residents’ income tax is on average €1,540 per tax household. The latter is therefore higher than that of Moselle which amounts to €1,286. On the other hand, 29.2% of households report receiving a retirement or pension.
Among the taxable households in the locality, 80.9% have a reference tax income below 50,000 euros. This figure is slightly lower than the previous year’s figure of 81.5%. Approximately 31.6% of the total income tax of this municipality is paid by these brackets. Across the department, the share of tax households declaring less than 50,000 euros of income amounts to 79.5%. The share of taxable households in Metz declaring an annual income greater than 100,000 euros is 3.7%. Their contribution is equivalent to 40% of the municipality’s net tax.
Some figures to know about employment in Metz
In 2018, in Metz, there were 79,169 inhabitants of working age, of whom 54,596 were active, which represents an activity rate of 68.96%. There was therefore very little difference with the statistics for the entire national territory, which recorded an activity rate of 71.9%.
Among these workers, there were 9,471 unemployed, the unemployment rate was then 17.35%. The share of unemployed was therefore 8.25 points higher than in the rest of the country, where the unemployment rate stood at 9.1%.
Unemployment rate by CSP in Metz
In 2018, in Metz, the highest unemployment rate was observed among workers: 25.17% were unemployed. In the other CSPs, the share of job seekers amounted to 18.85% for employees, 13.06% for traders, craftsmen and business leaders, 11.77% for intermediate professions, 4.71% for executives and 2% for farmers.
