In Acy, 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 3.5% in Acy. Its 430 households held 1,004 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.7% of homes are flats. Fewer households in social housing than in 93% of compared French towns: 3.2%.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 68% 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
Over those years, the median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −1% to 2023.
Below 55% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Acy 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Acy, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Acy sits below 88% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. Acy has more couples with children than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 31%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Acy sits below 60% of compared French towns for households without a car (9%)
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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 6.2% in Acy. Few places have so few second homes: 1.7% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,000 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.
At €26,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
With households headed by a retired person at 40%, Acy is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. Across the 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).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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 1.7%, against 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.
Fewer single residents than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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 make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,004 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Acy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acy | 43.9 | 21% | 1.7% | 3.2% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 3.4 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 3.8 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 4.4 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 4.7 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 11.4 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 12.3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
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 Acy
What is the population of Acy?
1,004 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,001).
How old are Acy’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Acy?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Acy?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Acy?
€26,000 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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