1.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Couples with children make up about one in six here (18%). With a median age of 46.8, Armeau is older than 68% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Armeau was home to 753 people in 360 households.
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 Armeau
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Armeau, 16% of its 490 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 56 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Armeau sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (16%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Armeau has 6.4%. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5% (under two years).
Armeau changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 76% 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 those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −2% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Armeau 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%). 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: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 73% of compared French towns: 12%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,730 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 €25,730 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Armeau, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 80% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 13%, Armeau is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 72% of compared French towns: 4.1% of residents are immigrants
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, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Armeau. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 53% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Armeau (25%). The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Armeau. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 753 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.
Armeau sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
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 Armeau
What is the population of Armeau?
753 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (765).
How old are Armeau’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Armeau?
79, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Armeau?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Armeau?
€25,730 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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