Flats make up 5.3% in Origny-en-Thiérache, less than in 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Origny-en-Thiérache comes in at 3%. Its 570 households held 1,354 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Origny-en-Thiérache
Fewer residents than in 2012
Origny-en-Thiérache had 1,577 residents at the 2012 census and 1,354 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 89 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.
Origny-en-Thiérache changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, −7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Origny-en-Thiérache 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Origny-en-Thiérache is 45.9, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Origny-en-Thiérache, 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 62% 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
Households average 2.3 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are couples with children in Origny-en-Thiérache.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 91% 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
Car-free households: one in nine, where the median compared French town has 11%. 4.1% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 72% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households without a car: 12% of the total.
Half above, half below €22,560 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,560 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
In Origny-en-Thiérache, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 90% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Origny-en-Thiérache. Typically, 9.4% of 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).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4%, below 88% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Origny-en-Thiérache, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 71% 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
Across Origny-en-Thiérache, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 19%
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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 1,354 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Origny-en-Thiérache, 1 are older
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 Origny-en-Thiérache
What is the population of Origny-en-Thiérache?
1,354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (1,577).
How old are Origny-en-Thiérache’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Origny-en-Thiérache?
28, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Origny-en-Thiérache?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Origny-en-Thiérache?
€22,560 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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