24% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing make up 28%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Joinville is home to 2,915 residents in 1,470 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 15% of households are couples with children. Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Joinville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Joinville had 3,486 residents at the 2012 census and 2,915 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 480 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Joinville’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Joinville’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Joinville changed by −16% from 2012 to 2023, 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: −12% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A median age of 52.2: Joinville is older than 89% 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
■ Joinville 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Joinville sits above 91% of compared French towns for one-person households (48%)
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
13% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
More households without a car than 90% of compared French towns: 24%
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
By its share of second homes (3.2%), Joinville is above 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. For Joinville, the census puts flats at 37%.
Median living standard: €20,150 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,150 a year: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Some 31.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
More households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 17% in Joinville and 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 5.4% in Joinville and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Married residents: 37%, a lower share than 82% 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
Single residents: 28% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Joinville, less than in 90% 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
With adults with no qualification at 29%, Joinville is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Avord (32.5), the oldest Batz-sur-Mer (60.3).
Joinville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joinville | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 9.9 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 14.3 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 15.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Joinville
What is the population of Joinville?
2,915 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (3,486).
How old are Joinville’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Joinville?
64, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Joinville?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Joinville?
€20,150 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 31.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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