A median age of 54: Sainte-Preuve is older than 93% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 67 residents in 38 households. The share of couples with children stands at 12%. 4.1% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
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 Sainte-Preuve
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Preuve had 83 residents at the 2012 census and 67 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sainte-Preuve’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Sainte-Preuve’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sainte-Preuve changed by −19% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aisne town −4%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −18% from 2017 to 2023.
2.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Sainte-Preuve 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 37% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Each household has 1.7 people on average.
17% of homes stand empty, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. 23% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.7% moved in within the last two years. Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Sainte-Preuve sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (50%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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).
0% of residents in Sainte-Preuve are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals 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.
Only 33% of residents 15 and over are married in Sainte-Preuve
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 the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Sainte-Preuve, 22%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 56% of compared French towns: 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Roughly two in ten: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 67 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th oldest
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).
No nearby town is as old as Sainte-Preuve
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Preuve | 54 | 37% | 4.1% | 0% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 10.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 13.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Laon 24,220 · 13.2 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 14.7 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
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 Sainte-Preuve
What is the population of Sainte-Preuve?
67 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (83).
How old are Sainte-Preuve’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Preuve?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Preuve?
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%.
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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