Only 1.9% of homes stand empty in Blandy
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are headed by a retired person here. Blandy counted 111 residents and 51 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Blandy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blandy had 122 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Blandy has changed by −9%, slower than 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Essonne town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 80% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blandy 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.2, Blandy is older than 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Blandy: 30% of households are couples with children, above 75% 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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Blandy has 30%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 50% of compared French towns: 10%.
5.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 80% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of households have no car.
A typical living standard of €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.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Blandy sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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.
The median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Blandy ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
By its share of married residents (46%), Blandy is above 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Blandy, 21%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Blandy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blandy | 47.2 | 17% | 5.8% | 3.5% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 6.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 7.7 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 8.2 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 9.6 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 9.6 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 9.7 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
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 Blandy
What is the population of Blandy?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (122).
How old are Blandy’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blandy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blandy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blandy?
€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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