Proisy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.5%
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Proisy. In 2023, the Census found 276 residents here, living in 120 households. For Proisy, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 19%. On households without a car, Proisy sits lower than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 6.8%.
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 Proisy
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Proisy, 11% of its 160 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Proisy had 325 residents at the 2012 census and 276 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
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. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in nine here (11%).
Proisy’s population moved −15% on 2012, less than in 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 change was −16% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aisne town −4%.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Proisy 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Proisy is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 17%, a higher share than 99% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 30%, the share of one-person households is lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Add to that, the figure for couples with children is 22% in Proisy and 25% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,360 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.
At €24,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 43%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (22%), Proisy is above 89% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Proisy, 1.1%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% 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.
36% of residents 15 and over are married, below 87% 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
By its share of single residents (28%), Proisy is above 72% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Proisy: 41% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 99% 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
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 276 to 2,582 people, the 20th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Proisy, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proisy | 45 | 26% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Guise 4,490 · 5.1 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 8.6 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 14.2 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 14.3 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 14.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 15.3 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
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 Proisy
What is the population of Proisy?
276 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (325).
How old are Proisy’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Proisy?
18, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Proisy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Proisy?
€24,360 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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