A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of homes are flats here. With a median age of 39.8, Prémont is younger than four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 683 residents in 290 households. For Prémont, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 24%.
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 Prémont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prémont had 757 residents at the 2012 census and 683 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Prémont: −10%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aisne town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 78% 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
■ Prémont 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Prémont has 12%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Prémont, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Prémont has 6.9%. Lower than in 67% of compared French towns: 32% of households are one person living alone. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
0.9% of homes are second homes, below 82% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Prémont has more empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 8.5%. Households without a car: 9.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,230 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,230 a year: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 39%
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
On the census count, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.5%, a lower share than 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. Here, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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
Adults with no qualification: 27%, above 85% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Prémont is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémont | 39.8 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 3.2 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 4.5 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 7.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 9.1 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 10.9 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 12.2 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
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 Prémont
What is the population of Prémont?
683 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (757).
How old are Prémont’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prémont?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prémont?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prémont?
€23,230 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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