A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Machy’s 44 households held 108 residents at the 2023 Census. 50% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in two. The share of households without a car trails 91% of compared French towns: 4.5%.
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 Machy
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Machy had 123 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 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.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 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
The first five years brought −7%; the six to 2023, −6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Younger than 70% of compared French towns: half of Machy is under 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Machy 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Machy, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Machy ranks below 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Machy comes in at 13%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
More empty homes than 92% of compared French towns: 13%
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 6.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 32% who have been there 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Here, 3.8% of homes are second homes.
A typical living standard of €24,780 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 €24,780 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Machy ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 95% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Machy has 3.7%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 76% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Machy, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 90% 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 Machy, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 108 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Machy: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machy | 41.4 | 24% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 8.5 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 8.6 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 9.7 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 9.8 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 10.1 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 10.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
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 Machy
What is the population of Machy?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (123).
How old are Machy’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Machy?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Machy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Machy?
€24,780 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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