Half of Chervey is over 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Chervey was home to 145 people in 74 households. On the census count, 3.6% of homes are flats. Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Chervey has 33%.
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 Chervey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chervey had 184 residents at the 2012 census and 145 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chervey’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (24%): 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: Chervey changed by −21% 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
Here the change came as −11% to 2017, then −12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Aube.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chervey 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over in Chervey.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.7% of households are single parents in Chervey
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
By its share of couples with children (27%), Chervey is above 58% of compared French towns. The town has fewer one-person households than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 33%. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Of all households, 7.9% moved in during the last two years and 30% have stayed three decades or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 8.3%, more than in 86% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€31,620 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,620 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Chervey ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 40%
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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 93% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Chervey has 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chervey
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Chervey. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 145 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Chervey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chervey | 54.3 | 24% | 8.3% | 0.7% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 5.2 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 12.4 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 Chervey
What is the population of Chervey?
145 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (184).
How old are Chervey’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chervey?
9, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chervey?
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 Chervey?
€31,620 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.