Couples with children make up 40% in Mérobert, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Mérobert, 14% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. This Essonne town had 635 residents in 240 households at the 2023 census. Households without a car account for 3.1%. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 4.8% of homes are flats.
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 Mérobert
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 2.2% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Mérobert has grown +12%, faster than 75% 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 Essonne town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six +3%.
Half of Mérobert is under 39.5, younger than 82% 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
■ Mérobert 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
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 share of single-parent households is 2.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.7 people each.
95% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On second homes, 1.2% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
€27,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €27,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Mérobert has 28%. Still, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 78% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.1% of Mérobert’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mérobert: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% 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
The share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 635 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Mérobert: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mérobert | 39.5 | 14% | 1.2% | 7.1% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 7.1 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Angerville 4,428 · 7.3 mi | 38.7 | 15% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Dourdan 11,415 · 7.9 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 15% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 8 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 8.8 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Étréchy 6,986 · 9.9 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 1.6% | 8.5% |
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 Mérobert
What is the population of Mérobert?
635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (567).
How old are Mérobert’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mérobert?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mérobert?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mérobert?
€27,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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