Pocancy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.4%
Here 27% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. By contrast, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 175 people lived in Pocancy, in 72 households. Flats account for 3.4%.
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 Pocancy
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +5% change since 2012: Pocancy grew faster than 52% 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 median Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +4%.
Only 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Pocancy
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pocancy 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Pocancy (22%). With a median age of 43.8, Pocancy is younger than 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Pocancy, 20% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Few places have as many couples with children: 33% here, more than in 88% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
6.9% of homes in Pocancy are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 10% of the total.
Median living standard: €28,680 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 Pocancy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,680 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Pocancy sits below 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (27%)
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 6.7% in Pocancy and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Pocancy, 7.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 72% 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.
Put another way, about one in 14: 7.4% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pocancy: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 75% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 175 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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Pocancy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocancy | 43.8 | 22% | 6.9% | 7.4% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 6.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 8.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 9.3 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 9.9 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 10.7 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 10.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
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 Pocancy
What is the population of Pocancy?
175 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are Pocancy’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pocancy?
6, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pocancy?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pocancy?
€28,680 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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