Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.6% in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice. Higher than in 91% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 15 to 24. The town counted 1,542 residents and 530 households at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 19 here (5.2%).
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 Barberey-Saint-Sulpice
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.4% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 9.2% for the median compared commune in Aube. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Barberey-Saint-Sulpice’s residents are under 38.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice had 1,307 residents at the 2012 census and 1,542 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Barberey-Saint-Sulpice has grown +18%, faster than 87% 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 change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aube town +2%.
Half of Barberey-Saint-Sulpice is under 38.1, younger than 88% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Barberey-Saint-Sulpice 38.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents are 65 or over in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
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
8.4% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Only 0.2% of homes are second homes in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. Barberey-Saint-Sulpice has fewer households in social housing than just over two thirds of compared French towns, at 8.6%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 5.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,720 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €25,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 72% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Barberey-Saint-Sulpice sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 8.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 17%
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.
15% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). 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.
More married residents than 65% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Barberey-Saint-Sulpice has 27%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,542 to 2,582 people), 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).
Around Barberey-Saint-Sulpice, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberey-Saint-Sulpice | 38.1 | 15% | 0.2% | 17% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 1.7 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 2.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 2.2 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 2.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 3.3 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 3.4 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
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 Barberey-Saint-Sulpice
What is the population of Barberey-Saint-Sulpice?
1,542 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,307).
How old are Barberey-Saint-Sulpice’s residents?
The median age is 38.1, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice?
€25,720 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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