Champs-sur-Yonne is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.5
Single-parent households: 5.5% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,513 residents and 730 households in Champs-sur-Yonne. For Champs-sur-Yonne, the census puts flats at 7.6%. More households headed by a retired person than in 95% of compared French towns: 47%.
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 Champs-sur-Yonne
An older town
Half of Champs-sur-Yonne’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Champs-sur-Yonne changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.5%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ Champs-sur-Yonne 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 91% of compared French towns: 33%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
20% of households are couples with children, below 74% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in 64% of compared French towns.
Second homes make up 4.5% in Champs-sur-Yonne, more than in 74% 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
8.7% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.1% (under two years). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.7%, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,210 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.
Living standards centre on €26,210 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Champs-sur-Yonne sits below 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.7%)
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 manager or professional make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Champs-sur-Yonne sits below 75% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.2%)
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.
Immigrants make up 4.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Champs-sur-Yonne, less than in 96% 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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 70% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (26%), Champs-sur-Yonne is below 65% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,513 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Champs-sur-Yonne are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champs-sur-Yonne | 53.5 | 33% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 3.9 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 5.1 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 7.3 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 9.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 13.9 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 15.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
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 Champs-sur-Yonne
What is the population of Champs-sur-Yonne?
1,513 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,559).
How old are Champs-sur-Yonne’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champs-sur-Yonne?
37, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champs-sur-Yonne?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champs-sur-Yonne?
€26,210 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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