38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Ambonnay has 5.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 26%. The median age locally is 41.1, lower than in 72% of compared French towns. 941 residents in 390 households: that is Ambonnay at the 2023 Census.
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 Ambonnay
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 77 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 70% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Marne town −2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ambonnay 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over here. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. 25% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 6%, below 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Households in social housing account for 6.6%. Few places have as many second homes: 3.4% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A median of €32,040 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €32,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 64% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
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 Ambonnay, 16%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.4%, Ambonnay is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Ambonnay, less than in 98% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 50% of residents 15 and over are married in Ambonnay. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (31%). As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Ambonnay, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambonnay | 41.1 | 19% | 3.4% | 0.8% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 7.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 9.5 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 10.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 10.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 11.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 12.1 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 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 Ambonnay
What is the population of Ambonnay?
941 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (941).
How old are Ambonnay’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambonnay?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambonnay?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambonnay?
€32,040 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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