A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Colombé-le-Sec, 5.6% of households have no car. The town counted 157 residents and 69 households at the 2023 Census. In Colombé-le-Sec, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Colombé-le-Sec
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 55% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%.
Colombé-le-Sec: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 80% 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
■ Colombé-le-Sec 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.2, Colombé-le-Sec is older than 58% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Colombé-le-Sec, less than in 83% 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
Here 21% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households average 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Colombé-le-Sec sits above 92% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
Turnover: 7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Still, 3.3% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
The median resident lives on €32,050 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.
Half of Colombé-le-Sec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,050 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.7%, a lower share than 75% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Colombé-le-Sec comes in at 3.1%. 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.
Colombé-le-Sec ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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 (49%), Colombé-le-Sec is above 87% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 81% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 157 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.
No nearby town is as young as Colombé-le-Sec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombé-le-Sec | 45.2 | 28% | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 4.4 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 15.5 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
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 Colombé-le-Sec
What is the population of Colombé-le-Sec?
157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (148).
How old are Colombé-le-Sec’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colombé-le-Sec?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colombé-le-Sec?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colombé-le-Sec?
€32,050 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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