A median age of 33.8: Linas is younger than 98% of compared French towns
In Linas, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 7,987 people lived in the town, in 3,160 households. On the census count, 21% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town has more flats than 68% of compared French towns, at 44%.
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 Linas
A young town
Half of Linas’ residents are under 33.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,300 immigrants in Linas (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Essonne. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Linas had 6,647 residents at the 2012 census and 7,987 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Linas grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 90% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +18% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Essonne.
In Linas, 12% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Linas 33.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Linas and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Linas, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. At 13%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here nearly a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Linas ranks below 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.7%
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
The share of households without a car is 8.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, at 8.3%, the share of empty homes is higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 14%.
The median resident lives on €28,060 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,060 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Some 14.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Linas sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (16%)
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 seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Linas (14%). Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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 16% in Linas, more than in 88% 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: 14%, above 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
In Linas, 33% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 88% 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
Here nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Linas has fewer adults with no qualification than 52% of compared French towns, at 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 7,869 to 8,109 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.
Linas is the youngest (33.8); Lège-Cap-Ferret the oldest (57.7).
Every neighbor is older than Linas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linas | 33.8 | 12% | 0.7% | 16% |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 4,271 · 0.8 mi | 41.3 | 15% | 0.6% | 8.4% |
| Montlhéry 9,772 · 1.1 mi | 34.7 | 13% | 1.8% | 16% |
| Longpont-sur-Orge 6,482 · 1.6 mi | 39.7 | 16% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Marcoussis 8,618 · 1.9 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 1.2% | 8% |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 11,623 · 1.9 mi | 35.2 | 12% | 1.5% | 17% |
| Brétigny-sur-Orge 26,658 · 2.2 mi | 34.9 | 13% | 1.2% | 18% |
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 Linas
What is the population of Linas?
7,987 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (6,647).
How old are Linas’ residents?
The median age is 33.8, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linas?
25, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linas?
INSEE counts 1,290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 1,140 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linas?
€28,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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