Ressons-le-Long ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.5%
By its share of flats (13%), Ressons-le-Long is below 82% of compared French towns. For Ressons-le-Long, the census puts households without a car at 5.9%. The town has fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns, at 26%. There were 330 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 790 residents.
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 Ressons-le-Long
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ressons-le-Long, 16% of its 430 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 31% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ressons-le-Long ranks above 92% of compared French towns on second homes: 16%
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
In the last two years, 6.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Since 2012, Ressons-le-Long has changed by +2%, slower than 60% 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 ±0%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ressons-le-Long 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ressons-le-Long’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 53% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, or about one in ten.
Half above, half below €25,900 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.
The median standard of living in Ressons-le-Long is €25,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Ressons-le-Long ranks above 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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
For Ressons-le-Long, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 32%. 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).
In Ressons-le-Long, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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 just over four fifths of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 53: 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 married residents (47%), Ressons-le-Long is above 77% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ressons-le-Long
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
With adults with no qualification at 23%, Ressons-le-Long is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 790 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Ressons-le-Long
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ressons-le-Long | 44.4 | 21% | 16% | 3.1% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 8 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 8.8 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 9.4 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 9.5 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 9.7 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 12.3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
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 Ressons-le-Long
What is the population of Ressons-le-Long?
790 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (771).
How old are Ressons-le-Long’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ressons-le-Long?
69, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ressons-le-Long?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ressons-le-Long?
€25,900 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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