Flats: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Le Chêne has fewer households without a car than 83% of compared French towns, at 5.6%. In 2023, the Census found 277 residents in the town, living in 130 households. The share of single-parent households stands at 4%.
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 Le Chêne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Chêne had 307 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Le Chêne has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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 Aube town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Chêne 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Le Chêne is older than 57% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Le Chêne
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Le Chêne. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Le Chêne ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 4%
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
The share of empty homes is 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Median standard of living: €24,570 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 8%. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 36% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 86% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Le Chêne. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Le Chêne has 47%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
11% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Le Chêne has 26%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 277 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 5 towns around Le Chêne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chêne | 45.1 | 20% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 1.9 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 15.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 16.2 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 17.5 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 17.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
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 Le Chêne
What is the population of Le Chêne?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (307).
How old are Le Chêne’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Chêne?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Chêne?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Chêne?
€24,570 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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