Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0More households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns: 24%
With a median age of 40.7, Épinay-sur-Orge is younger than 75% of compared French towns. The town counted 10,722 residents and 4,390 households at the 2023 Census. 14% of households have no car. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Épinay-sur-Orge has 29%.
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.
Épinay-sur-Orge changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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 those years, the median Essonne town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Épinay-sur-Orge, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% 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
■ Épinay-sur-Orge 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 51% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
41% of homes are flats, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Épinay-sur-Orge has 10%. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1.7% of homes are second homes.
Median standard of living: €32,080 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 Épinay-sur-Orge’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
6.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 91% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 27% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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).
15% of residents are immigrants, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 10%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents: 31%, a higher share than 82% 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, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Épinay-sur-Orge ranks above 87% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 44%
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
Adults with no qualification: 15% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 33.7 in Chanteloup-les-Vignes to 61.4 in Dinard.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Épinay-sur-Orge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 40.7 | 18% | 1.7% | 15% |
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge 7,332 · 0.9 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Savigny-sur-Orge 37,601 · 1.5 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Ballainvilliers 4,904 · 1.5 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 0.5% | 9.2% |
| Villiers-sur-Orge 4,545 · 1.5 mi | 42.7 | 17% | 0.7% | 8.6% |
| Longjumeau 21,996 · 1.6 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 1.4% | 21% |
| Morsang-sur-Orge 21,667 · 1.8 mi | 38 | 14% | 1.4% | 20% |
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 Épinay-sur-Orge
What is the population of Épinay-sur-Orge?
10,722 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (10,285).
How old are Épinay-sur-Orge’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Épinay-sur-Orge?
82, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Épinay-sur-Orge?
INSEE counts 1,560 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 1,110 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Épinay-sur-Orge?
€32,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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