A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
The share of households headed by a retired person is 43%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Here, a quarter of households are one person living alone. Empty homes are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. There were 120 households in Torfou at the 2023 Census, home to 294 residents.
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.
Torfou grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 67% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Essonne.
Torfou is younger than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Torfou 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
19% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. In Torfou, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
3.5% of households are single parents, below 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
6% of homes in Torfou are second homes
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
The share of flats is 13%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €35,300 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €35,300 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 21%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Torfou has 11%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 62% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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 median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Torfou.
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 21% in Torfou, less than in 88% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Torfou, 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (44%), Torfou is above 87% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 294 to 2,582 people, the 4th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Torfou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Torfou
What is the population of Torfou?
294 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (269).
How old are Torfou’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Torfou?
8, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Torfou?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Torfou?
€35,300 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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