Eix: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 270 residents in 100 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7% of the total. With households headed by a retired person at 21%, Eix is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Eix
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Eix’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Eix has grown +5%, faster 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 −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023.
In Eix, 14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% 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
■ Eix 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Eix’s residents are under 38.7, younger than in 85% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns.
In Eix, 2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over one in ten homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.4%, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€26,660 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 €26,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 79% of compared French towns
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 manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
In Eix, 1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Eix comes in at 47%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Graduates of higher education: 37% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 270 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Eix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eix | 38.7 | 14% | 3.4% | 1.2% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 5 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 6.2 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Étain 3,375 · 6.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Bouligny 2,507 · 13.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Jarny 8,050 · 17.4 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 5% |
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 Eix
What is the population of Eix?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (257).
How old are Eix’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eix?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eix?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eix?
€26,660 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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