A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Wimy, 4.5%. For Wimy, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 42%. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 77% of compared French towns. The town counted 460 residents and 180 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
Wimy changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 59% 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
In two steps, +9% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 71% 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
■ Wimy 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.3, Wimy is older than 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Wimy (22%).
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%.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 14% of households are single parents
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
Couples with children make up 30%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
In Wimy, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
A third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.1% moved in within the last two years. Fewer second homes than in 53% of compared French towns: 1.9%. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,730 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.5%, a lower share than 81% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 9.4% of 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).
In Wimy, 1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 53%
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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Wimy and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In Wimy, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 460 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Wimy: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Wimy
What is the population of Wimy?
460 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (448).
How old are Wimy’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wimy?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wimy?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wimy?
€23,730 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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