Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM)
In Prunay-sur-Essonne, 4.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 324 residents and 130 households here. About one in four: that is how common one-person households are in Prunay-sur-Essonne (24%). Few places have so few empty homes: 2.2% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
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.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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 −7% and the next six +10%.
A median age of 47.3: Prunay-sur-Essonne is older than 71% 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
■ Prunay-sur-Essonne 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The census found that just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Prunay-sur-Essonne.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Single-parent households are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Prunay-sur-Essonne, 4.4% of homes are second homes, more than in 74% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Prunay-sur-Essonne has fewer households without a car than 62% of compared French towns, at 8.6%.
Standard of living at the median: €31,660 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 4%
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 manager or professional: 20% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 24% of households are headed by a retired person in Prunay-sur-Essonne. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Prunay-sur-Essonne
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 lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Prunay-sur-Essonne, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Prunay-sur-Essonne, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Prunay-sur-Essonne. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 324 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Prunay-sur-Essonne: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunay-sur-Essonne | 47.3 | 26% | 4.4% | 2.8% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 2.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 4.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Milly-la-Forêt 4,562 · 5.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 5.3% | 7.4% |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 3,146 · 5.4 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| La Ferté-Alais 3,731 · 8.7 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.6% | 9.6% |
| Cerny 3,531 · 8.9 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 3.4% | 7.1% |
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 Prunay-sur-Essonne
What is the population of Prunay-sur-Essonne?
324 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (317).
How old are Prunay-sur-Essonne’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prunay-sur-Essonne?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prunay-sur-Essonne?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prunay-sur-Essonne?
€31,660 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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