38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
The median age in Bazancourt is 39.3, lower than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,495 people lived here, in 1,020 households. For Bazancourt, the census puts flats at 13%. The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 20% in Bazancourt and 14% in the typical compared French town.
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 Bazancourt
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bazancourt had 1,985 residents at the 2012 census and 2,495 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +26% since 2012 puts Bazancourt ahead of 95% 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
The change was +11% from 2012 to 2017 and +13% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Marne town −2%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazancourt 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Bazancourt (11%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Bazancourt, 6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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
The share of one-person households trails 84% of compared French towns: 28%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Households in social housing: 23%, a higher share than 83% 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
7.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.8% of homes stand empty. Second homes are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
€26,090 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.
Half of Bazancourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,090 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 2.4% of residents are immigrants
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 1.1%, Bazancourt is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
Bazancourt sits below 72% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Bazancourt, less than in 65% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bazancourt comes in at 21%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 2,495 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Bazancourt, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazancourt | 39.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 2.4% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 2.4 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 5.5 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 7.5 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Reims 177,674 · 9.8 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 10 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 10.5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
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 Bazancourt
What is the population of Bazancourt?
2,495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (1,985).
How old are Bazancourt’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazancourt?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazancourt?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazancourt?
€26,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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