A larger share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
With a median age of 50.5, Cléry-le-Petit is older than 85% of compared French towns. In Cléry-le-Petit, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Census day 2023: 183 residents and 95 households locally. The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 22% in Cléry-le-Petit and 14% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Cléry-le-Petit
Many people living alone
50% of Cléry-le-Petit’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cléry-le-Petit had 194 residents at the 2012 census and 183 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cléry-le-Petit changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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 Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 87% 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
■ Cléry-le-Petit 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8% in Cléry-le-Petit and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
5.6% of households are single parents, below 98% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children.
Households in social housing make up 5.6% in Cléry-le-Petit, less than in 83% 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 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Cléry-le-Petit has 5.6%. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. The census found that 13% of households have no car locally.
A typical living standard of €24,950 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 €24,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 39%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Cléry-le-Petit
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Cléry-le-Petit. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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
With married residents at 40%, Cléry-le-Petit is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 11%, a lower share than 99% 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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Cléry-le-Petit, 26%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 183 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Cléry-le-Petit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cléry-le-Petit | 50.5 | 31% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 16 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 16.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 17.5 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
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 Cléry-le-Petit
What is the population of Cléry-le-Petit?
183 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (194).
How old are Cléry-le-Petit’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cléry-le-Petit?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cléry-le-Petit?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cléry-le-Petit?
€24,950 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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