Draveil sits above 94% of compared French towns for single-parent households (15%)
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Draveil has 26%. The town had 30,098 residents in 12,050 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes: 4.5% of the total. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 71% 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 Draveil
Immigrants
INSEE counts 5,000 immigrants in Draveil (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Essonne. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012: slower than 55% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Essonne town +6%.
A median age of 41.1: Draveil is younger than 72% 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
■ Draveil 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Draveil.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. One-person households make up about one in three here (31%). Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 48% of homes are flats
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
One household in seven has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. In Draveil, 15% of households have no car. On second homes, Draveil sits lower than three quarters of compared French towns: 1.1%.
€29,120 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Draveil is €29,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 13.6% of residents.
Draveil: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 83% 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
In Draveil, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, the town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 9.2%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 17%
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 share of foreign nationals is 13%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
31% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 81% 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
Across Draveil, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 28,717 to 31,543
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Clichy-sous-Bois is the youngest (30.5); Agde the oldest (56.2).
Every neighbor is younger than Draveil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draveil | 41.1 | 19% | 1.1% | 17% |
| Vigneux-sur-Seine 31,466 · 1.4 mi | 35 | 13% | 1.2% | 27% |
| Juvisy-sur-Orge 19,292 · 1.9 mi | 33.9 | 11% | 1.7% | 29% |
| Viry-Châtillon 30,838 · 2.1 mi | 38.1 | 16% | 1.8% | 23% |
| Athis-Mons 36,613 · 2.2 mi | 35.8 | 14% | 1.1% | 25% |
| Ris-Orangis 31,189 · 2.3 mi | 34.4 | 13% | 0.6% | 30% |
| Grigny 26,842 · 2.4 mi | 31 | 9.6% | 0.2% | 40% |
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 Draveil
What is the population of Draveil?
30,098 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (29,063).
How old are Draveil’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Draveil?
150, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Draveil?
INSEE counts 5,040 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 4,000 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Draveil?
€29,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.6% 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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