Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Ancy-le-Libre is over 60.8
56% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. There were 75 households in Ancy-le-Libre at the 2023 Census, home to 137 residents. For Ancy-le-Libre, the census puts single-parent households at 6.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Ancy-le-Libre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ancy-le-Libre, 22% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ancy-le-Libre’s residents are under 60.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ancy-le-Libre had 184 residents at the 2012 census and 137 in 2023, down 26%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Locally, just over a fifth of homes are second homes. More empty homes than in 97% of compared French towns: 16%. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Ancy-le-Libre changed by −26% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −25% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
Ancy-le-Libre sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (42%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ancy-le-Libre 60.8. The median compared French town: 44.
2.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 44% in Ancy-le-Libre and 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 1.8 people in the average household. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,120 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Only 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ancy-le-Libre
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Ancy-le-Libre has 13%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Ancy-le-Libre, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 70% 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.
By its share of immigrants (5.4%), Ancy-le-Libre is below three fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Married residents: 47%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Ancy-le-Libre sits above 87% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (28%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 22%, Ancy-le-Libre is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Ancy-le-Libre
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 Ancy-le-Libre
What is the population of Ancy-le-Libre?
137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% fewer than in 2012 (184).
How old are Ancy-le-Libre’s residents?
The median age is 60.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancy-le-Libre?
27, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancy-le-Libre?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancy-le-Libre?
€26,120 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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