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Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Mortiers ranks below 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 19%

Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mortiers counted 185 residents and 77 households at the 2023 Census. The share of couples with children stands at 31%. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Mortiers comes in at 9.4%.

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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Mortiers

Fewer residents than in 2012

Mortiers had 201 residents at the 2012 census and 185 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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.

Census 2012
201
residents
Census 2017
187
residents
Census 2023
185
residents
in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Mortiers−8%
Aisne median−4%
France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Mortiers−1%
Aisne median−2%
France median+2%

Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Aisne town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.

Ages

Mortiers is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
Under 1516%
15 to 2411%
25 to 4422%
45 to 6430%
65 and over21%
of whom 80 and over6.5%
0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Mortiers 47. The median compared French town: 44.

For Mortiers, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 55% of compared French towns.

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Mortiers
Aisne median
France median
WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Households

A lower share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%

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.

One person 25%Couple, no children 37%Couple with children 31%Single parent 6.3%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Aisne median and the France median

Mortiers
Aisne median
France median
One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
One-person households25%
Residents 65+ living alone33%
0%25%50%

The average household has 2.4 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.

Homes & cars

Mortiers sits above 61% of compared French towns for households without a car (13%)

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

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
Main residences91%
Second homes0%
Empty9.4%
0%50%100%

Type of home

Mortiers
Aisne median
France median
HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
No car13%
One car34%
Two or more53%
0%30%60%

Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Long tenure is the mark of 31% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.5% (under two years).

Income

Half above, half below €25,670 a year in standard of living

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.

Median standard of living
€25,670
a year, per consumption unit (2023)
Medians: Aisne €20,680 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Half of Mortiers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%

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

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
Retired19%
Managers and professionals13%
Intermediate occupations19%
Clerical and service workers25%
Manual workers19%
Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners0%
Farmers0%
Others not working6.3%
0%20%40%
Unemployment rate
12.5%
of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)
Median of compared communes: 10.1%
Working residents
80
aged 15 or older

Households headed by a manager or professional: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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 and foreign nationals

0.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants
1
0.5% of residents
Median of compared communes: 6.5%
Foreign nationals
0
0% of residents
Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
Immigrants0.5%
Foreign nationals0%
0%5%10%

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.

Couples

In Mortiers, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 91% 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

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
Married40%
In a civil partnership (PACS)9.1%
Living together, unmarried18%
Single20%
Divorced3.2%
Widowed10%
0%25%50%

Two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.

Qualifications

18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 92% 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

MortiersAisne medianFrance median
No diploma (or primary certificate)27%
Brevet10%
CAP or BEP (vocational)21%
Baccalauréat24%
Bac+29.3%
Bac+3 or bac+45%
Bac+5 or more3.6%
0%20%40%

The figure for adults with no qualification is 27% in Mortiers and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

41 French towns of 185 to 2,582 people: this is 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.

Mortiers 47
VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe
365064

At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.

Neighbors

Around Mortiers, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Athies-sous-LaonLaonLa FèreVervinsBeautorGuiseMortiers
Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+
TownMedian age65+Second homesImmigrants
Mortiers4721%0%0.5%
Athies-sous-Laon
2,578 · 8.1 mi
44.923%0.7%2%
Laon
24,220 · 8.7 mi
40.821%1.8%9.4%
La Fère
2,796 · 13.5 mi
39.721%2.3%5.6%
Vervins
2,549 · 14.7 mi
42.223%2.2%4.2%
Beautor
2,579 · 14.8 mi
44.923%0.4%5.4%
Guise
4,490 · 14.9 mi
47.927%1%1.8%
More about Mortiers

Health, work, housing and schools

How to read these numbers

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 Mortiers

What is the population of Mortiers?

185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (201).

How old are Mortiers’ residents?

The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Mortiers?

0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Mortiers?

INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% 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 Mortiers?

€25,670 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.