Second homes make up 56% in Giffaumont-Champaubert, more than in 98% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 2%, Giffaumont-Champaubert is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. At 50%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 97% of compared French towns. There were 150 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 287 residents. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Giffaumont-Champaubert
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Giffaumont-Champaubert, 56% of its 400 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Giffaumont-Champaubert’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 2%
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
By its share of flats (9.8%), Giffaumont-Champaubert is below 87% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 19% have been in their home 30 years or more.
+10% since 2012, a pace 69% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then +6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −2% in Marne.
Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Giffaumont-Champaubert is over 54.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Giffaumont-Champaubert 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, above 97% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
6.7% of households are single parents, below 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Giffaumont-Champaubert has 40%.
Half above, half below €27,220 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €27,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns: 17%
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 account for 9.9%. Typically, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 84% 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
In Giffaumont-Champaubert, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 287 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Giffaumont-Champaubert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giffaumont-Champaubert | 54.4 | 38% | 56% | 1% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 9.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 11.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 13.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 14 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 15.1 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
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 Giffaumont-Champaubert
What is the population of Giffaumont-Champaubert?
287 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (261).
How old are Giffaumont-Champaubert’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Giffaumont-Champaubert?
220, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Giffaumont-Champaubert?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Giffaumont-Champaubert?
€27,220 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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