Only 1.3% of homes are flats in Fresnoy-le-Château
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car stands at 2.3%. The 2023 Census put Fresnoy-le-Château’s population at 269, in 120 households. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person here.
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 Fresnoy-le-Château
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fresnoy-le-Château grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 58% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
A median age of 48: Fresnoy-le-Château is older than 74% 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
■ Fresnoy-le-Château 48. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.6%), Fresnoy-le-Château is below 71% of compared French towns. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households are single parents in Fresnoy-le-Château. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. On average, 2.3 people share a household. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.
More second homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
3.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 7.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,640 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,640 a year: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11% in Fresnoy-le-Château, less than in 72% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Fresnoy-le-Château has 12%. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 97% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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 figure for immigrants is 2.4% in Fresnoy-le-Château and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fresnoy-le-Château sits below 81% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Married residents make up 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Fresnoy-le-Château, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 67% of compared French towns: 25%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (269 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Fresnoy-le-Château
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresnoy-le-Château | 48 | 22% | 4.8% | 2.4% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 6.7 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 7.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 7.8 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 8 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 9 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 9.1 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
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 Fresnoy-le-Château
What is the population of Fresnoy-le-Château?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (252).
How old are Fresnoy-le-Château’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fresnoy-le-Château?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fresnoy-le-Château?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fresnoy-le-Château?
€28,640 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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