A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
In Wiège-Faty, one in ten homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 179 residents in 81 households: that is Wiège-Faty at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 38% in the town. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 80% 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.
What stands out about the people of Wiège-Faty
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wiège-Faty had 222 residents at the 2012 census and 179 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−19% since 2012, a pace below 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
In Wiège-Faty, 9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 82% 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
■ Wiège-Faty 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Wiège-Faty’s residents are under 42, younger than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: 19%, 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Wiège-Faty has fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 87% 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. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,290 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,290 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 74% 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
Locally, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Wiège-Faty ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.7%
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 Wiège-Faty, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 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 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Wiège-Faty has 35%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Wiège-Faty
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 24% in Wiège-Faty and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 179 to 2,582 people
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.
Wiège-Faty and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiège-Faty | 42 | 17% | 10% | 1.7% |
| Guise 4,490 · 4.2 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 9.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 13.7 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 14 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 15.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 16.5 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 Wiège-Faty
What is the population of Wiège-Faty?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (222).
How old are Wiège-Faty’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wiège-Faty?
10, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wiège-Faty?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wiège-Faty?
€23,290 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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