Goussancourt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 40%
In Goussancourt, 10% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 locally. At 5.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. This Aisne town counted 120 residents and 49 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Goussancourt
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Goussancourt, 13% of its 69 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Goussancourt’s residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Goussancourt ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. About one in eight: that is how common second homes are in Goussancourt (13%).
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Goussancourt: +3%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
Goussancourt is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Goussancourt 37. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 12%, against 22% 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%.
Goussancourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 20%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,740 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 median standard of living in Goussancourt is €26,740 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. 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 0% of Goussancourt’s 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Goussancourt, more than in 88% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Goussancourt. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Goussancourt comes in at 41%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 120 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.
Goussancourt is the youngest (37); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Goussancourt is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goussancourt | 37 | 12% | 13% | 0% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 6.6 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 7.5 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 9.8 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 14.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 15.2 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 15.6 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
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 Goussancourt
What is the population of Goussancourt?
120 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Goussancourt’s residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goussancourt?
9, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goussancourt?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Goussancourt?
€26,740 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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