Couples with children: 42%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Auvernaux, 14%. 332 residents in 130 households: that is Auvernaux at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3.1% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Auvernaux
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Auvernaux had 347 residents at the 2012 census and 332 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Auvernaux’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 86% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Essonne. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Auvernaux sits below 80% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (17%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Auvernaux 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Auvernaux’s residents are under 40.7, younger than in 75% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Auvernaux, 15%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.6 people.
Auvernaux sits above 77% of compared French towns for empty homes (9.7%)
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By its share of flats (15%), Auvernaux is below 77% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €31,830 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 Auvernaux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,830 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
3.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 98% 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
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Auvernaux, 3% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 64% 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.
For Auvernaux, the census puts immigrants at 6.9%. That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%. Measured more widely, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 79% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
Single residents account for 25%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Auvernaux ranks below 91% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Auvernaux has 34%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (332 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
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).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Auvernaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvernaux | 40.7 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry 15,724 · 2 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 1.6% | 11% |
| Champcueil 2,854 · 2.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 4.9% | 11% |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux 4,801 · 2.5 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Pringy 3,864 · 2.9 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Ormoy 3,225 · 3.5 mi | 32.2 | 7.8% | 0.8% | 17% |
| Boissise-le-Roi 3,941 · 3.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.2% | 9.7% |
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 Auvernaux
What is the population of Auvernaux?
332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (347).
How old are Auvernaux’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auvernaux?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auvernaux?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auvernaux?
€31,830 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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