Only 1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Haybes
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Haybes. At the 2023 Census Haybes was home to 1,794 people in 810 households. Locally, 3.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). With a median age of 48.2, Haybes is older than three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Haybes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Haybes had 2,039 residents at the 2012 census and 1,794 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Haybes’s population moved −12% on 2012, less than in 98% 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%.
Haybes sits below 75% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Haybes 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 71% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Single-parent households: 8%, below four fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 28% of the total.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 33% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.8% (under two years). 5% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
€24,540 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Haybes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 90% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Haybes: 7.2% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Haybes (7.2%). At 4%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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 larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 52%
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 share of single residents trails 88% of compared French towns: 21%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Haybes sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Haybes. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,794 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Haybes, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haybes | 48.2 | 23% | 5% | 7.2% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 1.3 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Revin 5,716 · 5.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Givet 6,364 · 10.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 5% | 18% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 10.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 13.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 16.7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 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 Haybes
What is the population of Haybes?
1,794 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (2,039).
How old are Haybes’ residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Haybes?
49, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Haybes?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 72 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Haybes?
€24,540 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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