Flats: 3.4%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Avenay-Val-d'Or has 32%. Here, 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). On households without a car, Avenay-Val-d'Or sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 6%. This Marne town had 956 residents in 390 households 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 Avenay-Val-d'Or
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Avenay-Val-d'Or has grown +5%, faster than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 82% 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
■ Avenay-Val-d'Or 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Avenay-Val-d'Or’s residents are over 46.7, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Here, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 74% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Single-parent households account for 7.8%. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Avenay-Val-d'Or: 11% of homes stand empty, above 85% of compared French towns
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,710 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.
Half of Avenay-Val-d'Or’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,710 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are headed by a retired person in Avenay-Val-d'Or. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Avenay-Val-d'Or ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Avenay-Val-d'Or. 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.
In Avenay-Val-d'Or, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
Married residents make up 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Avenay-Val-d'Or has 21%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 956 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Avenay-Val-d'Or is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenay-Val-d'Or | 46.7 | 25% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 1.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 4.7 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 10.5 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 10.9 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 11.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 12.6 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
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 Avenay-Val-d'Or
What is the population of Avenay-Val-d'Or?
956 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (910).
How old are Avenay-Val-d'Or’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avenay-Val-d'Or?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avenay-Val-d'Or?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avenay-Val-d'Or?
€29,710 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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