38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
3.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,907 residents and 760 households in Gueux. Flats: 4.8% of the total. Fewer households in social housing than in 91% of compared French towns: 4%.
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 Gueux
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.5% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 72% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%.
A median age of 47: Gueux is older than 69% 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
■ Gueux 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In Gueux, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. 22% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Single-parent households: 5.5% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Only 3.8% of households have no car in Gueux
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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 87% of compared French towns: 4%. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Gueux has 0.8%.
€37,550 a year: the median 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.
At €37,550 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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 tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 39%. Across the comparison, 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).
Immigrants make up 2.6% in Gueux, less than in 85% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.5%, below 87% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Married residents: 59%, a higher share than 99% 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
19% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Gueux ranks above 95% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 53%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Gueux. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,907 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Gueux, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gueux | 47 | 22% | 0.8% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 3.8 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 3.9 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 4.5 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Reims 177,674 · 5.6 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 6.8 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 6.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
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 Gueux
What is the population of Gueux?
1,907 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,723).
How old are Gueux’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gueux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gueux?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gueux?
€37,550 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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