In La Hérie, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 53 households in La Hérie at the 2023 Census, home to 125 residents. In La Hérie, 45% of households are headed by a retired person. Second homes: 4.7% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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 La Hérie
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Hérie had 152 residents at the 2012 census and 125 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−18% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
Over those years, the median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then −13% to 2023.
La Hérie is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Hérie 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 12% in La Hérie.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 88% 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
At 9.1%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
13% of homes stand empty, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 8.8% of households have no car. Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median standard of living of €22,850 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 €22,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
La Hérie ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of La Hérie’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.
Immigrants 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.
A larger share of single residents than 66% of compared French towns: 27%
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 share of married residents stands at 44%. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Hérie
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of adults out of school have no qualification in La Hérie. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (125 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than La Hérie
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 La Hérie
What is the population of La Hérie?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (152).
How old are La Hérie’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Hérie?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Hérie?
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 La Hérie?
€22,850 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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