Photo: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of households in social housing than 92% of compared French towns: 29%
Here 5.6% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. 4,950 residents in 2,090 households: that is Witry-lès-Reims at the 2023 Census. The share of second homes stands at 0.6%.
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 Witry-lès-Reims
Social housing
29% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 12% rent privately and 56% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +5% change since 2012: slower than 51% 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 +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 67% 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
■ Witry-lès-Reims 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Witry-lès-Reims is 44, lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Witry-lès-Reims, 4.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 84% 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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Witry-lès-Reims has 20%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
The median resident lives on €27,740 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 retired person account for 32%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Little separates the share of households headed by a manual worker here, 14%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Witry-lès-Reims
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 1.8%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 76% 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 95% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Witry-lès-Reims. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Witry-lès-Reims
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,894 to 5,008 people), the 21st 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.
Ages run from 30.8 in Mourmelon-le-Grand to 57 in Le Fenouiller.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Witry-lès-Reims
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witry-lès-Reims | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Reims 177,674 · 4.6 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 5.7 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 6 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 6.2 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 6.3 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
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 Witry-lès-Reims
What is the population of Witry-lès-Reims?
4,950 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (4,730).
How old are Witry-lès-Reims’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Witry-lès-Reims?
13, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Witry-lès-Reims?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Witry-lès-Reims?
€27,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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