A median age of 58.7: Illoud is older than 97% of compared French towns
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 65% in Illoud. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 191, in 98 households. In Illoud, 6.3% of homes are flats. This Haute-Marne town has fewer single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 5.9%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Illoud
An older town
Half of Illoud’s residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Illoud had 246 residents at the 2012 census and 191 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −22% since 2012, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Haute-Marne town, the change came in two steps: −11% from 2012 to 2017, then −13% to 2023.
Illoud sits above 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (39%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Illoud 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Illoud has 5.7%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 18% in Illoud, less than in 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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. 35% of households are one person living alone, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 89% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. 5.3% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM).
A typical living standard of €26,510 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.
Half of Illoud’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Illoud ranks above 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Illoud, 4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 68% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 36 here (2.8%). 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.
Illoud ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Illoud. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
7.9% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
In Illoud, 39% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (191 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Illoud is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illoud | 58.7 | 39% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 11.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 15.6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Nogent 3,550 · 15.8 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 17.9 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
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 Illoud
What is the population of Illoud?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (246).
How old are Illoud’s residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Illoud?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Illoud?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Illoud?
€26,510 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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