Younger than 97% of compared French towns: half of Festieux is under 34.7
Couples with children: 33% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Here, 7.6% of homes are flats. At 24%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 95% of compared French towns. There were 270 households in Festieux at the 2023 Census, home to 704 residents.
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 Festieux
A young town
Half of Festieux’s residents are under 34.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 66% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Here the change came as +5% to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 95% 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
■ Festieux 34.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 99% 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
Households average 2.6 people. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 86% of compared French towns: 13%.
5.5% of households have no car, below 84% 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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. In Festieux, 9.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 3.3% of homes are second homes.
Half above, half below €24,940 a year in standard of living
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 €24,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
In Festieux, 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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 32% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are headed by a retired person here. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 93% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 78% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Festieux. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 704 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 34.7 in Festieux to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Festieux is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festieux | 34.7 | 13% | 3.3% | 1.8% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 4.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Laon 24,220 · 6.6 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 11.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 15.1 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 Festieux
What is the population of Festieux?
704 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (647).
How old are Festieux’s residents?
The median age is 34.7, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Festieux?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Festieux?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Festieux?
€24,940 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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