Half of Saint-Usage is over 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 37 households in Saint-Usage at the 2023 Census, home to 68 residents. Census figures put households without a car at 5.6% here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Saint-Usage has 71%.
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 Saint-Usage
An older town
Half of Saint-Usage’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Usage had 84 residents at the 2012 census and 68 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Usage changed by −19% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 −10%; the six to 2023, −11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Saint-Usage ranks above 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Usage 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 13% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are couples with children, below 93% 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
43% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.3% of homes are flats
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 2.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 50% who have been there 30 years or more. On empty homes, Saint-Usage sits higher than 97% of compared French towns: 16%. Across Saint-Usage, 1.8% of homes are second homes.
The largest group of households: retired (71%)
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. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Saint-Usage (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.5% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Usage
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saint-Usage comes in at 1.5%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 97% 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 99% 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
Here 35% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Usage sits below 99% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (13%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Saint-Usage comes in at 32%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 68 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Usage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Usage | 57.7 | 31% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 10 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 10.9 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 16.9 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 Saint-Usage
What is the population of Saint-Usage?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (84).
How old are Saint-Usage’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Usage?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Usage?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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