Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Plessis-Barbuise, 2.7%. Census day 2023: 184 residents and 77 households in the town. A fifth of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in five. The town has more second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 8.8%.
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 Plessis-Barbuise
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Plessis-Barbuise’s residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Plessis-Barbuise had 157 residents at the 2012 census and 184 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (12%): 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, Plessis-Barbuise outgrew 86% of compared French towns: +17%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Aube. Here the change came as +29% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Half of Plessis-Barbuise is under 38, younger than 88% 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
■ Plessis-Barbuise 38. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 90% 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 Plessis-Barbuise, 6.7% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Plessis-Barbuise sits above 89% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 16% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €25,390 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 €25,390 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.4% in Plessis-Barbuise, less than in 69% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 3.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Plessis-Barbuise sits below 92% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Married residents account for 44%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Plessis-Barbuise, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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).
Every neighbor is older than Plessis-Barbuise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plessis-Barbuise | 38 | 18% | 8.8% | 4.4% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 1.7 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 6.8 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 7.8 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 11.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Provins 11,632 · 13.3 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
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 Plessis-Barbuise
What is the population of Plessis-Barbuise?
184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (157).
How old are Plessis-Barbuise’s residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plessis-Barbuise?
9, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plessis-Barbuise?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plessis-Barbuise?
€25,390 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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