Half of Ormes is over 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 100: 1% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census, 163 people lived in Ormes, in 78 households. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 60% in the town.
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 Ormes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ormes had 198 residents at the 2012 census and 163 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ormes’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Ormes: −18%
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 −9%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ormes 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, below 74% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are one person living alone here.
Ormes sits above 98% of compared French towns for empty homes (18%)
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
1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Households without a car account for 5.1%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,860 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 median standard of living in Ormes is €27,860 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ormes ranks below 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.2%
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 just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 3.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Married residents: 51% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ormes
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Ormes. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Ormes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormes | 56.5 | 34% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 1.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 14.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 16.1 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 16.9 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 17.6 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 17.6 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 Ormes
What is the population of Ormes?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (198).
How old are Ormes’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ormes?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ormes?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ormes?
€27,860 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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