A median age of 60.3: Grandham is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 36 people lived in Grandham, in 20 households. Empty homes: nearly a fifth of the total. The share of households without a car is 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Grandham
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grandham, 27% of its 37 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Grandham’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 30% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Grandham had 55 residents at the 2012 census and 36 in 2023, down 35%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
75% of Grandham’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 53% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
27% of homes in Grandham are second homes
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. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A change of −35% since 2012 leaves Grandham 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardennes town −9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −29%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Grandham ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 46%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grandham 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 76 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Grandham, 75% of households are one person living alone, more than in 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person make up 100% in Grandham, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Grandham sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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.
The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% 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.
6.7% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
30% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Grandham sits above 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (38%)
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 share of graduates of higher education is 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 36 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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 Grandham
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandham | 60.3 | 46% | 27% | 2.7% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 10.4 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 14.5 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Grandham
What is the population of Grandham?
36 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% fewer than in 2012 (55).
How old are Grandham’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grandham?
10, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grandham?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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