Flats: 5.3%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Le Catelet had 186 residents in 79 households at the 2023 census. 6.3% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Le Catelet has 44%.
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 Le Catelet
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Catelet had 196 residents at the 2012 census and 186 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
Half of Le Catelet is under 42.3, younger than 63% 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
■ Le Catelet 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%
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. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 15% in Le Catelet, more than in 95% 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
A third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of households without a car is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €20,950 a year to live on
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.
Half of Le Catelet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,950 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
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 95% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 85% 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
A quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 186 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Le Catelet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Catelet | 42.3 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 7.9 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 8.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 9.5 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 10.7 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Proville 3,206 · 11.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 11.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
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 Le Catelet
What is the population of Le Catelet?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (196).
How old are Le Catelet’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Catelet?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Catelet?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Catelet?
€20,950 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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