A smaller share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 13%
Here nearly one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in five here (22%). Half of Crancey’s residents are over 50.5, older than in 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 691 residents in 330 households.
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 Crancey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Crancey had 778 residents at the 2012 census and 691 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 57 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Crancey’s population moved −11% on 2012, less than in 98% 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 those years, the median Aube town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then −4% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Crancey 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 23% in Crancey, more than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Crancey, 32%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The average household has 2.1 people.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty
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 without a car: 7.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 5.9% here, more than in four fifths of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Crancey, the census puts households in social housing at 19%.
A median of €24,370 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 Crancey is €24,370 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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
6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
Crancey: 7.4% of residents are immigrants
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 higher than in 56% of compared French towns. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Crancey (7.4%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Crancey ranks above 59% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
Here, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
With adults with no qualification at 30%, Crancey is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 691 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).
Crancey and its 5 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crancey | 50.5 | 28% | 5.9% | 7.4% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 4 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 6.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 6.6 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 14.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Provins 11,632 · 16 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
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 Crancey
What is the population of Crancey?
691 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (778).
How old are Crancey’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crancey?
24, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crancey?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crancey?
€24,370 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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