Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.035% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of single-parent households is 5.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Bures-sur-Yvette’s 4,070 households held 9,548 residents at the 2023 Census. 13% of residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 7.5%, fewer than in 74% 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 Bures-sur-Yvette
Many graduates
67% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 39% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bures-sur-Yvette changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 77% 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 Essonne town +6%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Half of Bures-sur-Yvette is over 45, older than 57% 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
■ Bures-sur-Yvette 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Bures-sur-Yvette, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 76% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns.
Flats make up 36% in Bures-sur-Yvette, more than in 59% 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
7.7% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Second homes make up about one in 56 here (1.8%). Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 11% of households have no car. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€38,250 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Bures-sur-Yvette’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €38,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 4.5% in Bures-sur-Yvette, less than in 97% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Bures-sur-Yvette has 34%. On average, 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).
Immigrants: 13%, a higher share than 82% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Bures-sur-Yvette, 8.4%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bures-sur-Yvette sits above 99% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (67%)
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
7% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 9,382 to 9,719
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 Aucamville (36.9), the youngest, and Carqueiranne (57.9), the oldest.
Bures-sur-Yvette is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bures-sur-Yvette | 45 | 23% | 1.8% | 13% |
| Les Ulis 25,886 · 0.9 mi | 35.6 | 14% | 1.2% | 28% |
| Gometz-le-Châtel 2,630 · 1 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 7.3% | 14% |
| Gif-sur-Yvette 22,544 · 1.5 mi | 40 | 19% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Orsay 16,498 · 1.6 mi | 38 | 18% | 3.5% | 16% |
| Villebon-sur-Yvette 10,291 · 3.5 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 2.1% | 12% |
| Saclay 4,437 · 3.5 mi | 40.4 | 16% | 2% | 9.5% |
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 Bures-sur-Yvette
What is the population of Bures-sur-Yvette?
9,548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (9,726).
How old are Bures-sur-Yvette’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bures-sur-Yvette?
81, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bures-sur-Yvette?
INSEE counts 1,280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 800 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bures-sur-Yvette?
€38,250 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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