A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
One-person households: 23%, below 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,205 residents in 490 households. Put another way, about one in 20: 4.9% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 3.5%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
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.
Faster growth than 55% of compared French towns: Ambleny changed by +6% since 2012
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, +2% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 60% of compared French towns: 21%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ambleny 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ambleny’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. Locally, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Ambleny, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 86% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (7.1%), Ambleny is below 89% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Ambleny: 10% of homes stand empty, above 80% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Ambleny has more second homes than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 3.3%.
A median of €27,570 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.
Living standards centre on €27,570 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 76% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker here. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 30% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.2%, a lower share than 90% 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.
The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Ambleny, less than in 94% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Ambleny, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 59% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,205 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Ambleny, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambleny | 44.5 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.2% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 6 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 6.7 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 7.4 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 7.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 9.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 14.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
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 Ambleny
What is the population of Ambleny?
1,205 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,137).
How old are Ambleny’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambleny?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambleny?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambleny?
€27,570 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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