Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Yèvres-le-Petit is over 59.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 55 people lived in Yèvres-le-Petit, in 28 households. Flats account for 3.1%. 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 6.8% here.
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 Yèvres-le-Petit
An older town
Half of Yèvres-le-Petit’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Yèvres-le-Petit had 67 residents at the 2012 census and 55 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Yèvres-le-Petit’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 21% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
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 Yèvres-le-Petit: −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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%. The change was −15% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Yèvres-le-Petit 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Yèvres-le-Petit, 34%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 50% of households are one person living alone
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
On average, 2 people share a household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
97% of homes are houses
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 that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 43%. At 6.8%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Yèvres-le-Petit ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 67%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Yèvres-le-Petit
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.
About one in 28: that is how common foreign nationals are in Yèvres-le-Petit (3.6%). That is lower than in 77% 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 68% of residents 15 and over are married
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 (21%), Yèvres-le-Petit is below 87% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 28% in Yèvres-le-Petit, more 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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 55 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Yèvres-le-Petit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yèvres-le-Petit | 59.5 | 34% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 6.2 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 16.4 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 17.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
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 Yèvres-le-Petit
What is the population of Yèvres-le-Petit?
55 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (67).
How old are Yèvres-le-Petit’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yèvres-le-Petit?
2, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yèvres-le-Petit?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.6%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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