Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.3% in Machault, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 7.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 482 residents and 210 households in Machault. 30% of households are couples with children. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.6%, more than in 68% 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 Machault
A young town
Half of Machault’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Machault had 503 residents at the 2012 census and 482 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 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.
Slower growth than 85% of compared French towns: Machault changed by −4% since 2012
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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Machault is younger than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Machault 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 2.3% of households are single parents in Machault
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
By its share of one-person households (37%), Machault is above 59% of compared French towns. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Machault, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% 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 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.2% (under two years). To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On flats, Machault sits lower than 82% of compared French towns: 13%. What’s more, households without a car make up 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,900 a year per consumption unit
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 Machault’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,900 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Machault ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 26%
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 manual worker: 16%, above 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 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).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in Machault. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 78% 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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification in Machault. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 482 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Machault
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machault | 38.6 | 17% | 3.6% | 0.8% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 9.6 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 12.3 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 12.7 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 15.8 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 16.3 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 17.9 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 Machault
What is the population of Machault?
482 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (503).
How old are Machault’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Machault?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Machault?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Machault?
€23,900 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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