In Celles-sur-Ource, 17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns
5.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Celles-sur-Ource’s 210 households held 490 residents at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 7.4% of the total. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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 Celles-sur-Ource
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Celles-sur-Ource, 17% of its 290 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 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.
Empty homes: 12%, a higher share than 87% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.2% of households have no car in Celles-sur-Ource.
Slower growth than 71% of compared French towns: Celles-sur-Ource changed by ±0% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
In Celles-sur-Ource, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 77% 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
■ Celles-sur-Ource 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.4, Celles-sur-Ource is older than 59% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Celles-sur-Ource, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Celles-sur-Ource ranks below 82% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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
With couples with children at 27%, Celles-sur-Ource is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,430 a year
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 Celles-sur-Ource’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,430 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 22% in Celles-sur-Ource, more than in 89% 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
Nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% 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).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Celles-sur-Ource, 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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 (24%), Celles-sur-Ource is above 72% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 490 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as young as Celles-sur-Ource
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celles-sur-Ource | 45.4 | 23% | 17% | 1.8% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 3 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 17.1 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 17.7 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
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 Celles-sur-Ource
What is the population of Celles-sur-Ource?
490 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (492).
How old are Celles-sur-Ource’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Celles-sur-Ource?
48, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Celles-sur-Ource?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Celles-sur-Ource?
€32,430 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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