Arcis-le-Ponsart is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 285 residents in Arcis-le-Ponsart, living in 110 households. Flats make up about one in 27 here (3.7%). Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of households have no car here.
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 Arcis-le-Ponsart
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arcis-le-Ponsart, 16% of its 140 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Arcis-le-Ponsart’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
Arcis-le-Ponsart’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 73% 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 +9%; the six to 2023, −9%.
6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Arcis-le-Ponsart 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
60% women, 40% men
About 66 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 89% 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
With single-parent households at 8.5%, Arcis-le-Ponsart is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Standard of living at the median: €27,620 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.
The median standard of living in Arcis-le-Ponsart is €27,620 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
8.9% of Arcis-le-Ponsart’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants make up 3.2% in Arcis-le-Ponsart, less than in 80% 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.
Here 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The usual figure: 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.
In Arcis-le-Ponsart, 29% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 76% 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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 56% of compared French towns: 32%
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
For Arcis-le-Ponsart, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 285 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as old as Arcis-le-Ponsart
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcis-le-Ponsart | 54.1 | 31% | 16% | 3.2% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 5.1 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 8.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 11.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 13.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 13.5 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 13.7 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
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 Arcis-le-Ponsart
What is the population of Arcis-le-Ponsart?
285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (287).
How old are Arcis-le-Ponsart’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arcis-le-Ponsart?
21, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arcis-le-Ponsart?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arcis-le-Ponsart?
€27,620 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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