Photo: Tasye24 · CC BY-SA 4.0Paray-Vieille-Poste: 15% of households are single parents, above 94% of compared French towns
11% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Paray-Vieille-Poste has more households without a car than 84% of compared French towns, at 20%. In 2023, the Census found 8,202 residents in the town, living in 3,430 households. For Paray-Vieille-Poste, the census puts flats at 40%.
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 Paray-Vieille-Poste
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,800 immigrants in Paray-Vieille-Poste (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Essonne. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +13% change since 2012: faster than 78% 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 first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +10%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Essonne town +6%.
Younger than 60% of compared French towns: half of Paray-Vieille-Poste is under 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paray-Vieille-Poste 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 20% in Paray-Vieille-Poste and 22% in the typical compared French town. Across Paray-Vieille-Poste, just over one in ten 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%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns: 30%
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 2.4 people in the average household. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 65% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children.
Paray-Vieille-Poste sits above 67% of compared French towns for households in social housing (17%)
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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €28,010 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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns. 14.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 63% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, below 66% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
22% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 19% in Paray-Vieille-Poste and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
A higher share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 26%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 8,092 to 8,321
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 Mazingarbe (35.8), the youngest, and Bandol (61.1), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Paray-Vieille-Poste
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paray-Vieille-Poste | 42.7 | 20% | 1.6% | 22% |
| Athis-Mons 36,613 · 0.9 mi | 35.8 | 14% | 1.1% | 25% |
| Morangis 14,129 · 1.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 0.8% | 21% |
| Juvisy-sur-Orge 19,292 · 1.5 mi | 33.9 | 11% | 1.7% | 29% |
| Savigny-sur-Orge 37,601 · 2 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Chilly-Mazarin 20,443 · 2.3 mi | 36.8 | 14% | 1.7% | 24% |
| Wissous 7,151 · 2.6 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 1.9% | 16% |
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 Paray-Vieille-Poste
What is the population of Paray-Vieille-Poste?
8,202 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (7,230).
How old are Paray-Vieille-Poste’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paray-Vieille-Poste?
58, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paray-Vieille-Poste?
INSEE counts 1,840 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 1,600 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paray-Vieille-Poste?
€28,010 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 November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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