Younger than 99% of compared French towns: half of Suippes is under 32.4
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Suippes had 3,938 residents in 1,330 households at the 2023 census. Couples with children come to 32% in the town, about three in ten. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 25% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Suippes
A young town
Half of Suippes’ residents are under 32.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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 −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Marne town −2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 16% in Suippes, more than in 97% 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
■ Suippes 32.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Suippes, 14% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 69% 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 average household has 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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
The figure for households without a car is 12% in Suippes and 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 22% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.6% of homes are second homes locally.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,750 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 residents live in households above €22,750 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 16.0% of residents.
Suippes ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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
25% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). By way of comparison, 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).
Foreign nationals: 0.8%, a lower share than 96% 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.
With immigrants at 2.3%, Suippes is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 93% 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
Single residents make up 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Suippes
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
With adults with no qualification at 25%, Suippes is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 3,911 to 3,968 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Suippes (32.4), the oldest Arvert (57.2).
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Suippes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suippes | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 7.9 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 13.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 14.2 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 15.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 17 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Suippes
What is the population of Suippes?
3,938 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,019).
How old are Suippes’ residents?
The median age is 32.4, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Suippes?
24, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Suippes?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Suippes?
€22,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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