Above 97% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 15 to 24
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 1,062 residents in Ascoux, living in 430 households. The share of couples with children stands at 30%. On households without a car, Ascoux sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.9%.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Ascoux
Empty homes
The census found 58 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +11% change since 2012: Ascoux grew faster than 72% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loiret town +6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +21%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ascoux 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ascoux is 43.4, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Ascoux sits above 87% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Ascoux sits lower than 68% of compared French towns: 32%.
A lower share of households in social housing than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Flats make up about one in seven here (15%). Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
At the median, €25,200 a year to live on
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.
At €25,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Ascoux sits below 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (28%)
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: 8.1% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a third 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).
7.4% of Ascoux’s residents are immigrants
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.
That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.4% of residents are immigrants. Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 3.8%, from the figure 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.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% 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
Adults with no qualification: 25% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,062 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Ascoux: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascoux | 43.4 | 19% | 2% | 7.4% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 3.2 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 4,987 · 9.9 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Loury 2,616 · 11.4 mi | 44 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 11.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Traînou 3,402 · 12.6 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 13 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
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 Ascoux
What is the population of Ascoux?
1,062 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (960).
How old are Ascoux’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ascoux?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ascoux?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ascoux?
€25,200 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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