28% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of flats is 8.3%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Ribemont had 1,931 residents in 880 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). More empty homes than in 84% of compared French towns: 11%.
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.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Ribemont behind 77% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aisne town −4%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 67% of compared French towns, at 9.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ribemont 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Ribemont is 44.2, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Ribemont: 27% of households are couples with children, above 60% 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 2.2 people each. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Ribemont sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Ribemont: 19% of households have no car, above 81% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.6%. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.4% moved in within the last two years.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,440 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.
Living standards centre on €22,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a retired person: 35% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly one in ten 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).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Ribemont comes in at 0.9%. The usual figure: 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 70% 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
Here 24% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% 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
Here 32% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. On average, 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 1,931 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Ribemont: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribemont | 44.2 | 23% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 8.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 8.5 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Guise 4,490 · 10.2 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| La Fère 2,796 · 10.4 mi | 39.7 | 21% | 2.3% | 5.6% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 10.5 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Beautor 2,579 · 11.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 5.4% |
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 Ribemont
What is the population of Ribemont?
1,931 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,966).
How old are Ribemont’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ribemont?
16, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ribemont?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ribemont?
€22,440 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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