In Paars, 37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Paars has 14%. 309 residents in 130 households: that is Paars at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 4.8% in the town. On households headed by a retired person, Paars sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 20%.
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 Paars
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Paars changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 53% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aisne town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Only 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Paars
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paars 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Paars’s residents are under 40.5, younger than in 76% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, below 96% 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 here average 2.4 people each. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Flats make up 0.7% in Paars, less than in 99% 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
The share of second homes is 4.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,360 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 median standard of living in Paars is €28,360 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Paars’ residents
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Paars sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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
In couples, 46% are married and 9.9% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 5% are widowed. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Paars
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Paars
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paars | 40.5 | 14% | 4.2% | 0% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 3.8 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 9.7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 11.8 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 12.3 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 12.3 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 13.1 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
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 Paars
What is the population of Paars?
309 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (297).
How old are Paars’ residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paars?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paars?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Paars?
€28,360 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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