Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Escardes is over 56
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Escardes had 61 residents in 29 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 50% of the total.
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 Escardes
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Escardes, 12% of its 44 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Escardes had 86 residents at the 2012 census and 61 in 2023, down 29%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Escardes’ residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Escardes: 21% of homes stand empty, above 99% 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Escardes. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A change of −29% since 2012 leaves Escardes behind 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −22% to 2023. Over those years, the median Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Escardes 56. The median compared French town: 44.
In Escardes, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Escardes comes in at 33%. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Escardes, 1.7%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 91% 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
22% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification make up 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 61 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Escardes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escardes | 56 | 29% | 12% | 1.7% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 7.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 9.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| La Ferté-Gaucher 4,743 · 11.4 mi | 42.3 | 24% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 12.3 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Provins 11,632 · 14 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 14 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
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 Escardes
What is the population of Escardes?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% fewer than in 2012 (86).
How old are Escardes’ residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escardes?
5, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escardes?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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