Households headed by a manager or professional: 29%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Étiolles has 5.3%. Still, on flats, Étiolles sits higher than 70% of compared French towns: 46%. This Essonne town is home to 3,105 residents in 1,390 households, by the 2023 Census. Second homes: 1.4% of the total.
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 Étiolles
Many graduates
56% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 26% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Étiolles changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 74% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Essonne town +6%.
A median age of 46.1: Étiolles is older than 64% 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
■ Étiolles 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
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%.
Étiolles sits below 53% of compared French towns for one-person households (34%)
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 average household has 2.2 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 61% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 26% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
54% of homes are houses
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
In the last two years, 7.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.3%, more than in 57% of compared French towns. On households in social housing, 12% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €37,810 a year to live on
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 Étiolles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €37,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 7.0%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 10% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (29%), Étiolles is below 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
Étiolles sits above 67% of compared French towns for immigrants (9.3%)
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.
5.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). For 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.
Married residents make up 46% in Étiolles, more than in 69% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single in Étiolles. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 56% in Étiolles, more than in 96% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th oldest 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.
The youngest is Vémars (35.8), the oldest Soulac-sur-Mer (63.7).
Older than Étiolles: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étiolles | 46.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 9.3% |
| Soisy-sur-Seine 7,418 · 1.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil 7,469 · 1.3 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 0.8% | 9.9% |
| Tigery 4,333 · 1.9 mi | 33.7 | 7.8% | 0.2% | 11% |
| Évry-Courcouronnes 66,919 · 1.9 mi | 33.1 | 12% | 2.1% | 30% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Perray 11,993 · 2.3 mi | 33.7 | 10% | 0.6% | 14% |
| Corbeil-Essonnes 54,471 · 2.4 mi | 32.7 | 10% | 0.8% | 30% |
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 Étiolles
What is the population of Étiolles?
3,105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,135).
How old are Étiolles’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étiolles?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étiolles?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étiolles?
€37,810 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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