24% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of second homes is 8.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,174 residents in 560 households. Here, 3.7% of homes are flats. 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 82% 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 Les Riceys
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Riceys had 1,319 residents at the 2012 census and 1,174 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 210 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Les Riceys’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012: slower than 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Half of Les Riceys is over 52.2, older than 89% 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
■ Les Riceys 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%, Les Riceys is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Still, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Les Riceys sits above 62% of compared French towns for one-person households (38%)
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
There are 2 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
Les Riceys sits below 73% of compared French towns for households in social housing (7.6%)
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
Some 6.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. Households without a car: 11% of the total. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,950 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.
At €27,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 77% of compared French towns: 38%
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
6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Les Riceys ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.5%
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 2.3% in Les Riceys. On average, 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.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 77% 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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Les Riceys. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Adults with no qualification: 28% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,174 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Les Riceys
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Riceys | 52.2 | 29% | 8.9% | 3.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 8.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 13.3 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 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 Les Riceys
What is the population of Les Riceys?
1,174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,319).
How old are Les Riceys’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Riceys?
75, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Riceys?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Riceys?
€27,950 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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