Flats make up 0.5% in Barbuise, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Barbuise has 1.1%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Its 190 households held 433 residents at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households make up about one in 36 here (2.8%).
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 Barbuise
Empty homes
The census found 26 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.
Barbuise changed by +5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 51% 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
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Barbuise 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Barbuise’s residents are under 42.6, younger than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%. Against that, 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: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 86% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 31%, more than in 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Barbuise ranks above 87% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. Second homes are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,140 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.
The median standard of living in Barbuise is €26,140 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Barbuise ranks above 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 39%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 17% 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).
Barbuise ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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.
In Barbuise, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Fewer single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Barbuise is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
With adults with no qualification at 21%, Barbuise is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Barbuise sits below 2 of its 5 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbuise | 42.6 | 19% | 5% | 1.8% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 2.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 5.1 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 7.6 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Provins 11,632 · 12.6 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 13.5 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
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 Barbuise
What is the population of Barbuise?
433 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (414).
How old are Barbuise’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barbuise?
11, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barbuise?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barbuise?
€26,140 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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