A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 42%
Households headed by a retired person: 17% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 130 residents in 58 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7% in Barenton-sur-Serre. Fewer households without a car than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Barenton-sur-Serre
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Barenton-sur-Serre’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Barenton-sur-Serre grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 70% 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 first five years brought +14%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Barenton-sur-Serre is under 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Barenton-sur-Serre 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 13% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
42% of households are one person living alone, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. The typical household size is 2.3 people.
Second homes make up 3.2% in Barenton-sur-Serre, more than in 64% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%. At 6.4%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,750 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 €27,750 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Barenton-sur-Serre sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (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
Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. As a reference point, 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 81% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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 81% of compared French towns. About one in 32: that is how common foreign nationals are in Barenton-sur-Serre (3.1%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Single residents make up 15% in Barenton-sur-Serre, less than in 99% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Barenton-sur-Serre. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 74% 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
Here nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 130 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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).
Every neighbor is older than Barenton-sur-Serre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Barenton-sur-Serre
What is the population of Barenton-sur-Serre?
130 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (118).
How old are Barenton-sur-Serre’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barenton-sur-Serre?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barenton-sur-Serre?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barenton-sur-Serre?
€27,750 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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