Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of households are couples with children
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 0.8% in Puiselet-le-Marais. On the census count, 22% of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 7.8%, more than in 85% of compared French towns. This Essonne town is home to 261 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Puiselet-le-Marais
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Puiselet-le-Marais had 281 residents at the 2012 census and 261 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 93% of compared French towns: Puiselet-le-Marais changed by −7% since 2012
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 change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 83% 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
■ Puiselet-le-Marais 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Puiselet-le-Marais has 10%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Puiselet-le-Marais ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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 average household has 2.4 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 62% of compared French towns, at 7.8%
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
20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €32,440 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.
Living standards centre on €32,440 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Puiselet-le-Marais, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.9% of residents are immigrants in Puiselet-le-Marais
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Puiselet-le-Marais has 5.5%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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 married residents is 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
9.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 96% 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
With graduates of higher education at 49%, Puiselet-le-Marais is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 261 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Puiselet-le-Marais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puiselet-le-Marais | 44.3 | 17% | 7.8% | 3.9% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 4.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 5.4 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 5.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 3,146 · 5.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| Cerny 3,531 · 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 3.4% | 7.1% |
| La Ferté-Alais 3,731 · 6.9 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.6% | 9.6% |
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 Puiselet-le-Marais
What is the population of Puiselet-le-Marais?
261 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (281).
How old are Puiselet-le-Marais’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puiselet-le-Marais?
10, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puiselet-le-Marais?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puiselet-le-Marais?
€32,440 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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