Assenay ranks below 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 1.6%
25% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Census day 2023: 133 residents and 59 households in Assenay. Households without a car account for 3.3%. The median age locally is 50.1, higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Assenay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Assenay had 155 residents at the 2012 census and 133 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −14% change since 2012: slower than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Assenay sits below 83% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (17%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Assenay 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Assenay. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
8.3% of households are single parents, below 76% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in just over half of compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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
Assenay has fewer second homes than 60% of compared French towns, at 1.6%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 16%. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€29,100 a year: the median standard of living
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 Assenay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,100 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Assenay has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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 Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
Married residents make up 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 133 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Assenay is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assenay | 50.1 | 17% | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 5.4 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 5.5 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 6.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 6.7 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 7.2 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 7.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
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 Assenay
What is the population of Assenay?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (155).
How old are Assenay’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Assenay?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Assenay?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Assenay?
€29,100 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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