A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
The share of second homes tops 86% of compared French towns: 8.2%. La Motte-Tilly had 373 residents in 160 households at the 2023 census. Across La Motte-Tilly, 27% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.7% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
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 La Motte-Tilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Motte-Tilly had 399 residents at the 2012 census and 373 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 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.
La Motte-Tilly’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 92% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%.
Half of La Motte-Tilly is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ La Motte-Tilly 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
La Motte-Tilly sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are couples with children here. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
La Motte-Tilly ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.6%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty in La Motte-Tilly. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
At the median, €26,960 a year to live on
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 €26,960 a year: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 87% 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. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Locally, 33% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 85% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The share of immigrants stands at 3.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In La Motte-Tilly, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in La Motte-Tilly, 21%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
A quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 373 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as La Motte-Tilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Motte-Tilly | 48.9 | 23% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 3.1 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Provins 11,632 · 8.9 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 9.6 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 13.1 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Donnemarie-Dontilly 2,706 · 14.5 mi | 45 | 23% | 4.1% | 6% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 17.3 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
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 La Motte-Tilly
What is the population of La Motte-Tilly?
373 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (399).
How old are La Motte-Tilly’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Motte-Tilly?
17, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Motte-Tilly?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Motte-Tilly?
€26,960 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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