A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 4.3% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put Molain’s population at 161, in 70 households. With empty homes at 10%, Molain is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count.
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.
Molain’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 68% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aisne town −4%.
Half of Molain is under 40, younger than 79% 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
■ Molain 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Molain.
1.3% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 71% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,360 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,360 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Molain has 31%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.6% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Locally, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Molain ranks below 95% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 161 to 2,582 people, the 3rd youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Molain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molain | 40 | 23% | 1.3% | 0.6% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 4.5 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 5.1 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 7.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 8.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 9.6 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Guise 4,490 · 9.9 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
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 Molain
What is the population of Molain?
161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (147).
How old are Molain’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Molain?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Molain?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% 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 Molain?
€23,360 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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