In Macey, 41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Macey has 0.3%. The town had 975 residents in 380 households at the 2023 Census. Second homes: 0.2% of the total. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.4% here, more than in 75% 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 Macey
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: Macey grew faster than 56% 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%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Macey 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Macey is younger than 60% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Macey, 16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Macey, 5.3%. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Macey sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.2%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Macey, 2.3%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€29,240 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €29,240 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, a higher share than 75% 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 Macey, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Macey. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Macey sits above 99% of compared French towns for 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
By its share of single residents (16%), Macey is below 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
In Macey, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
Graduates of higher education: 37% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 975 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Macey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macey | 42.7 | 19% | 0.2% | 3.1% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 4.7 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 4.8 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 5.2 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 5.3 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 5.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 6.1 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 Macey
What is the population of Macey?
975 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (918).
How old are Macey’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Macey?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Macey?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Macey?
€29,240 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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