Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of homes are flats
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). By contrast, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 192 people lived in Cauroy, in 82 households. Second homes: 3.3% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Cauroy
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 57% 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, +2% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Ardennes.
In Cauroy, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% 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
■ Cauroy 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Cauroy is 40.8, lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Cauroy ranks above 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 35%
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Cauroy comes in at 5.9%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Households here average 2.3 people each.
6.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 50% 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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 22% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.9% moved in within the last two years.
A typical living standard of €25,820 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.
The median standard of living in Cauroy is €25,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns, at 29%
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. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 82% of compared French towns: 3% of residents 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.
Compared with other places, foreign nationals are scarce here: 3.4%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Cauroy has 51%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Cauroy ranks below 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Cauroy (19%). Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 192 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
Older than Cauroy: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cauroy | 40.8 | 21% | 3.3% | 3% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 11 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 11.3 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 12.1 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 15.4 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 15.5 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 16.5 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
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 Cauroy
What is the population of Cauroy?
192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (186).
How old are Cauroy’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cauroy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cauroy?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cauroy?
€25,820 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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