Urcel ranks below 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9%
The share of one-person households is 25%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Urcel’s population at 534, in 230 households. For Urcel, the census puts households without a car at 5.3%. At 7.7%, the share of flats is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
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.
±0% since 2012: slower than 68% 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 Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six −9%.
Urcel is older than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Urcel 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Urcel.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are single parents, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 average 2.3 people. More couples with children than in 62% of compared French towns: 27%. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Urcel, 5.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 65% 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
Turnover: 8.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Urcel has fewer households in social housing than 58% of compared French towns, at 10%. One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A typical living standard of €24,930 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,930 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
In Urcel, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Urcel, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Urcel
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 make up 1.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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. For comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
On the census count, 18% 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.
Among 41 French towns of 534 to 2,582 people, the 17th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Urcel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urcel | 44.5 | 21% | 2% | 3% |
| Laon 24,220 · 5.9 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 7.9 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 11.1 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 12.2 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 13.2 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 13.4 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
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 Urcel
What is the population of Urcel?
534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (532).
How old are Urcel’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Urcel?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Urcel?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Urcel?
€24,930 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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