A median age of 63: Fravaux is older than 99% of compared French towns
In Fravaux, three quarters of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 25% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. This Aube town is home to 36 residents in 20 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Fravaux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fravaux, 28% of its 34 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fravaux’s residents are under 63 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fravaux had 53 residents at the 2012 census and 36 in 2023, down 32%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 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.
28% of homes in Fravaux are second homes
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Across Fravaux, 5% of households have no car. 12% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
Fravaux changed by −32% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −11%; 2017 to 2023, −23%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%.
In Fravaux, 42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Fravaux 63. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 2.8% in Fravaux and 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
20 households; 25% are one person
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
On average, 1.8 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fravaux: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 96% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% 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 84% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 36: 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Fravaux ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 57%
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Fravaux (26%). Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
5.7% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 36 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Fravaux (63), the oldest.
Fravaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fravaux | 63 | 42% | 28% | 2.8% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 3.1 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 11.9 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 14.5 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Fravaux
What is the population of Fravaux?
36 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% fewer than in 2012 (53).
How old are Fravaux’s residents?
The median age is 63, older than 99% of compared French towns. 2.8% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fravaux?
9, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fravaux?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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