Quilly: 17% of households are single parents, above 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 34: 2.9% of homes are second homes. The 2023 Census counted 64 residents in 29 households. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
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 Quilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Quilly had 85 residents at the 2012 census and 64 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (12%): 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 99% of compared French towns: Quilly changed by −25% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −22% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 59% of compared French towns: half of Quilly is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Quilly 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Quilly is above 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Quilly, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 33%. Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
In Quilly, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Quilly’s residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Quilly ranks below 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 35%
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
Single residents are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (25%), Quilly is above 78% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 64 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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).
Among its 3 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Quilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quilly | 45.3 | 23% | 2.9% | 0% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 4.5 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 12.5 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 17.6 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
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 Quilly
What is the population of Quilly?
64 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (85).
How old are Quilly’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quilly?
1, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quilly?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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