Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 12%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Iré-le-Sec has 38%. The town’s 67 households held 144 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Iré-le-Sec, 4.8% of households have no car. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Iré-le-Sec
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Iré-le-Sec (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Iré-le-Sec had 159 residents at the 2012 census and 144 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 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.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Iré-le-Sec behind 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Meuse town −8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Iré-le-Sec is older than 57% of compared French towns: a median age of 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Iré-le-Sec 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 79% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Iré-le-Sec has more one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 38%. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Iré-le-Sec ranks below 89% of compared French towns on flats: 8.7%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Iré-le-Sec.
A median standard of living of €25,680 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,680 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.7%, a lower share than 62% 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
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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 Iré-le-Sec, 21% of residents are immigrants, more than in 94% 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.
17% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Iré-le-Sec, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
29% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Iré-le-Sec, less than in 87% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 26% in Iré-le-Sec and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 144 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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Iré-le-Sec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Iré-le-Sec
What is the population of Iré-le-Sec?
144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (159).
How old are Iré-le-Sec’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Iré-le-Sec?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Iré-le-Sec?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Iré-le-Sec?
€25,680 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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