A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
By its share of empty homes (11%), Leschelle is above 84% of compared French towns. On households headed by a retired person, Leschelle sits higher than 94% of compared French towns: 47%. The town’s 110 households held 269 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of second homes stands at 9.3%.
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 Leschelle
Fewer residents than in 2012
Leschelle had 291 residents at the 2012 census and 269 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.
Leschelle’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 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
The median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six ±0%.
A median age of 49.7: Leschelle is older than 82% 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
■ Leschelle 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Leschelle comes in at 9%. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Leschelle (26%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 82% 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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are couples with children.
In Leschelle, 5.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 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
32% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.2% moved in within the last two years. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,500 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.
Half of Leschelle’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,500 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Leschelle, 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 91% 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
Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). On average, nearly one in ten 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).
In Leschelle, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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 97% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 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.
Leschelle sits below 58% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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 Leschelle, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% of compared French towns
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, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification here. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 269 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Leschelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leschelle | 49.7 | 26% | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| Guise 4,490 · 7.6 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 10.6 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 11.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 12 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Fourmies 11,449 · 12.9 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 13.3 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Leschelle
What is the population of Leschelle?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (291).
How old are Leschelle’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leschelle?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leschelle?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Leschelle?
€27,500 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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