Photo: JC Allin · CC BY-SA 3.0Empty homes make up 2.6% in La Norville, less than in 97% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 18% in La Norville. Census figures put one-person households at 28% in the town. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.9% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. This Essonne town is home to 4,268 residents in 1,780 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
La Norville’s population moved +5% on 2012, less than in 51% 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 ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 61% 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
■ La Norville 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The median age in La Norville is 44.4, higher than in 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In La Norville, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 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
In La Norville, 7.6% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
17% of homes are flats, fewer than in 73% 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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. 24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. Few places have so few households in social housing: 10% here, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €31,810 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.
The median standard of living in La Norville is €31,810 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 8.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
La Norville sits below 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (7.2%)
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 retired person at 36%, La Norville is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 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 make up 9.4% in La Norville, more than in 68% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 5.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
La Norville sits above 86% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Norville
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
Graduates of higher education make up 44%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 4,231 to 4,306 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 Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (37.1), the youngest, and Courseulles-sur-Mer (65.3), the oldest.
La Norville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Norville | 44.4 | 21% | 1.5% | 9.4% |
| Arpajon 11,698 · 0.7 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 11,623 · 1 mi | 35.2 | 12% | 1.5% | 17% |
| Égly 7,166 · 1.4 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 1% | 20% |
| Ollainville 5,455 · 1.7 mi | 36.5 | 12% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 4,271 · 2.1 mi | 41.3 | 15% | 0.6% | 8.4% |
| Marolles-en-Hurepoix 5,708 · 2.5 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 8.4% |
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 La Norville
What is the population of La Norville?
4,268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (4,083).
How old are La Norville’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Norville?
27, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Norville?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Norville?
€31,810 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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