A larger share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 38%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ablancourt had 168 residents in 66 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 3.6% locally. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of households have no car locally.
Throughout this page, the 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 Ablancourt
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Ablancourt ahead of 75% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%. The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Younger than 64% of compared French towns: half of Ablancourt is under 42.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ablancourt 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Ablancourt, 21% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are single parents here. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.5 people.
97% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 42% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes make up 2.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€22,460 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,460 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Ablancourt, 38%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 8% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Ablancourt, 60%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
On adults with no qualification, Ablancourt sits higher than 58% of compared French towns: 20%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 168 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ablancourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablancourt | 42.2 | 21% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 6.8 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 11.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 12.1 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 13.2 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
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 Ablancourt
What is the population of Ablancourt?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (150).
How old are Ablancourt’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ablancourt?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ablancourt?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ablancourt?
€22,460 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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