Étampes is younger than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 36
Here 26% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Census day 2023: 26,857 residents and 11,240 households in Étampes. Locally, nearly two thirds of homes are flats. More empty homes than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 10%.
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 Étampes
Immigrants
INSEE counts 6,000 immigrants in Étampes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Essonne. 21% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Étampes’ residents are under 36 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 71% of compared French towns: Étampes changed by +10% since 2012
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 population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Essonne town +6%.
Only 14% of residents are 65 or over in Étampes
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étampes 36. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 14%, Étampes is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Étampes: 13% of households are single parents, above 87% 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
The figure for couples with children is 27% in Étampes and 25% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 41%, more than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Étampes sits above 74% of compared French towns for households in social housing (19%)
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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 12% have stayed three decades or more. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes are second homes. Car-free households: one in four, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,760 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,760 a year: lower than in 83% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 22.4% of residents are below the poverty line.
Only 22% of households are headed by a retired person in Étampes
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 20%, Étampes is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
22% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth 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.
36% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 94% 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
Married residents make up 37%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
The census found that 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Étampes. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 25,769 to 27,906 people
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 Grigny (31), the youngest, and Biarritz (55.2), the oldest.
Étampes is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étampes | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 1.7 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Étréchy 6,986 · 4.2 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 1.6% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Chéron 5,132 · 8.2 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Lardy 5,530 · 8.3 mi | 43.6 | 16% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Cerny 3,531 · 8.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 3.4% | 7.1% |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon 3,882 · 8.7 mi | 40.7 | 16% | 2% | 6% |
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 Étampes
What is the population of Étampes?
26,857 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (24,320).
How old are Étampes’ residents?
The median age is 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étampes?
90, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étampes?
INSEE counts 5,990 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 5,630 foreign nationals (21%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étampes?
€22,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.4% 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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