Households headed by a manager or professional make up 28% in Limours, more than in 95% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (7.5%), Limours is below 69% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 6,517 residents in 2,820 households. Couples with children come to 29% here, about three in ten.
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 Limours
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Limours behind 72% 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
Limours ranks above 76% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limours 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 21% in Limours, about two in ten. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.2, older than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 63% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Limours sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 10%.
In Limours, 4.4% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 82% 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
26% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Of all households, 9.3% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €33,970 a year in 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.
Half of Limours’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €33,970 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 5.0% of the population.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Limours (31%). The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 77% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Limours, 8.8%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 Limours, more than in 73% 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
Limours has more single residents than just over half of compared French towns, at 25%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
50% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Limours comes in at 11%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 6,471 to 6,563 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.
The youngest is Vezin-le-Coquet (36.5), the oldest Gueugnon (58).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Limours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limours | 44.2 | 21% | 1.7% | 12% |
| Forges-les-Bains 4,241 · 1.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 2.2% | 8.6% |
| Briis-sous-Forges 3,342 · 2.7 mi | 44 | 19% | 1.4% | 7.4% |
| Gometz-le-Châtel 2,630 · 4 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 7.3% | 14% |
| Gif-sur-Yvette 22,544 · 4.1 mi | 40 | 19% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse 7,747 · 4.5 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 4.2% | 11% |
| Chevreuse 5,502 · 4.7 mi | 46 | 21% | 4% | 10% |
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 Limours
What is the population of Limours?
6,517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (6,560).
How old are Limours’ residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limours?
52, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limours?
INSEE counts 750 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 580 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limours?
€33,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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