Poussay is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Poussay is home to 653 residents in 300 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats: 7.6% of the total. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 43% of households are headed by a retired person here.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Poussay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Poussay had 716 residents at the 2012 census and 653 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Poussay’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Poussay 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
The median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −5%.
Poussay: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 88% 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
■ Poussay 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.9% in Poussay and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 71% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Poussay sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 8.2%. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 76% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Fewer second homes than in 51% of compared French towns: 2%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,460 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 Poussay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 58% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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 manual worker: 13% of the total. Across the comparison, 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).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Poussay, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
With single residents at 18%, Poussay is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Poussay has 21%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (653 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Poussay: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poussay | 52.7 | 31% | 2% | 3.1% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 1.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 8.6 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 11.4 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 14 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 14.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 16.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
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 Poussay
What is the population of Poussay?
653 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (716).
How old are Poussay’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poussay?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poussay?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poussay?
€26,460 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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