11% of homes in Essises are second homes
The share of households without a car trails four fifths of compared French towns: 6%. At the 2023 Census Essises was home to 399 people in 180 households. On the census count, 36% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
What stands out about the people of Essises
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Essises, 11% of its 210 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Essises had 433 residents at the 2012 census and 399 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 5.7% of homes stand empty in Essises
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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2.5% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Aisne.
Half of Essises is over 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Essises 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Essises is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Essises (23%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Essises
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. Essises has fewer couples with children than 57% of compared French towns, at 24%. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,400 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,400 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Essises comes in at 11%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.6% of Essises’ residents
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.
Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%. Foreign nationals make up 4.1%, close to the figure 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
Across Essises, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 399 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Essises sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essises | 48.5 | 23% | 11% | 5.6% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 5.2 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 6 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 6.2 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 8.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 12.6 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre 10,254 · 13.1 mi | 39 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
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 Essises
What is the population of Essises?
399 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (433).
How old are Essises’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Essises?
24, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Essises?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Essises?
€27,400 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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