40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 20%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Fewer flats than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Origny had 53 residents in 21 households at the 2023 census. In Origny, 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Origny
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Origny, 13% of its 30 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 67% 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
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 28% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Origny’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (17%): 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: 17% 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
With second homes at 13%, Origny is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Origny, the census puts households without a car at 14%.
A +18% change since 2012: faster than 87% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +13%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
A median age of 36.8: Origny is younger than 92% 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
■ Origny 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Origny: 40% of households are one person living alone, above 69% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person make up 20% in Origny, less than in 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Origny, 40%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Origny, 1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Origny has 1.9%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 63% of compared French towns: 45%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Origny, 24%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Origny, 41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 82% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Origny. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 53 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.
At the ends of the range sit Origny (36.8), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Origny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origny | 36.8 | 21% | 13% | 1.9% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 11.3 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 13.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 14.8 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Origny
What is the population of Origny?
53 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (45).
How old are Origny’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Origny?
4, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Origny?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.9%). 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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