38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 12% in Baconnes and 22% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 289, in 110 households. 2.6% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Baconnes
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Baconnes changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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 Marne town −2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, +7%.
A median age of 42.7: Baconnes is younger than 60% 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
■ Baconnes 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 22% in Baconnes, less than in 98% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. 4.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Baconnes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.9%
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
3.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households have no car.
A median standard of living of €30,920 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 residents live in households above €30,920 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
In Baconnes, 4.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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 retired person: 26% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 68% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Baconnes comes in at 19%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Baconnes
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Baconnes. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 289 to 2,582 people, 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Baconnes: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baconnes | 42.7 | 12% | 0% | 2.1% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 1.8 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 9.2 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 13.6 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 13.7 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 14 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 14 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 Baconnes
What is the population of Baconnes?
289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (293).
How old are Baconnes’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baconnes?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baconnes?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baconnes?
€30,920 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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