36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Here nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.7% of households have no car. With a median age of 42.1, Varennes-Jarcy is younger than 65% of compared French towns. The town had 2,465 residents in 940 households at 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 Varennes-Jarcy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Varennes-Jarcy ahead of 51% 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, −2% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Essonne.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 76% 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
■ Varennes-Jarcy 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 98% 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
Here 14% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households average 2.6 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Only 20% of homes are flats in Varennes-Jarcy
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. In Varennes-Jarcy, 5.2% of homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €35,890 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.
At €35,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 96% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 7.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Only 8.2% of households are headed by a manual worker in Varennes-Jarcy
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
28% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Varennes-Jarcy sits above 82% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (10%)
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.
Just over one in ten residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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 Varennes-Jarcy, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 46%, a higher share than 89% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Varennes-Jarcy. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,465 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Varennes-Jarcy, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varennes-Jarcy | 42.1 | 18% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Quincy-sous-Sénart 9,477 · 1.1 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.3% | 20% |
| Périgny 2,724 · 1.1 mi | 40.3 | 14% | 1.1% | 8.4% |
| Combs-la-Ville 23,350 · 1.2 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 0.7% | 17% |
| Boussy-Saint-Antoine 8,097 · 1.3 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 1% | 20% |
| Mandres-les-Roses 4,922 · 1.8 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Épinay-sous-Sénart 11,611 · 2 mi | 33.8 | 12% | 0.6% | 29% |
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 Varennes-Jarcy
What is the population of Varennes-Jarcy?
2,465 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,347).
How old are Varennes-Jarcy’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Varennes-Jarcy?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Varennes-Jarcy?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Varennes-Jarcy?
€35,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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