A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 5.4% in Athie. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 82 residents and 35 households locally. On the census count, 3.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Athie
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Athie, 18% of its 55 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 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.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 18% of homes stand empty
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 5.6% in Athie. More second homes than in 92% of compared French towns: 18%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−4% since 2012: slower than 83% 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
In two steps, −12% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Côte-d'Or.
More residents aged 65 and over than 78% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Athie 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Athie’s residents are under 43, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 12%, a higher share than 83% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Athie has 38%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Athie, more than in 76% of compared French towns
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Athie, 2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Athie, 2.4%. To put it in context, 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.
Athie ranks below 88% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Athie, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 82 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Athie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athie | 43 | 27% | 18% | 2.4% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 5.8 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 6.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 9.6 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 17 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 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 Athie
What is the population of Athie?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (85).
How old are Athie’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Athie?
10, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Athie?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.4%). 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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