A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 40%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Mespuits has 2.6%. Half are older than 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 184 people lived in the town, in 74 households. Locally, 1.1% 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 Mespuits
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mespuits had 202 residents at the 2012 census and 184 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Mespuits’ residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Essonne town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, −13%.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Mespuits is under 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mespuits 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
16% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Mespuits.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Mespuits ranks below 90% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 Mespuits, 6.7% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.2% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes: 2.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
€27,890 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.
Living standards centre on €27,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 92% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Mespuits comes in at 6.7%. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 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).
Mespuits: 11% of residents are foreign nationals, above 85% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common immigrants are in Mespuits (9.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Mespuits, less than in 90% 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
In Mespuits, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 60% 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
For Mespuits, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Mespuits and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mespuits | 37.5 | 16% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 5.9 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 3,146 · 7.3 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 7.3 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 7.4 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 7.7 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 8.9 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
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 Mespuits
What is the population of Mespuits?
184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (202).
How old are Mespuits’ residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mespuits?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mespuits?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mespuits?
€27,890 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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