Photo: Musée de Verrières · CC BY-SA 4.0More households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns: 31%
The figure for households in social housing is 20% in Verrières-le-Buisson and 12% in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 71% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 15,057 people lived here, in 6,180 households. In Verrières-le-Buisson, 13% of households have no car.
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 Verrières-le-Buisson
Many graduates
61% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 34% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Verrières-le-Buisson changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 83% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Essonne town +6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
In Verrières-le-Buisson, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 86% 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
■ Verrières-le-Buisson 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 80% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone here. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
47% of homes are flats, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. On empty homes, Verrières-le-Buisson sits lower than just over three fifths of compared French towns: 5.9%. Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€41,260 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €41,260 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 99% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
3.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
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 account for 33%. To put it in context, 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).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 73% 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.
6.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Verrières-le-Buisson ranks above 80% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
Single residents make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 61%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Verrières-le-Buisson has 11%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 14,607 to 15,525 people: this is the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Lognes is the youngest (34.9); Saint-Jean-de-Luz the oldest (54.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Verrières-le-Buisson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verrières-le-Buisson | 47.2 | 24% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Massy 51,729 · 1.1 mi | 34.7 | 13% | 2.9% | 25% |
| Châtenay-Malabry 35,825 · 1.5 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 1.4% | 20% |
| Antony 64,263 · 1.6 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Igny 10,833 · 1.9 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 4.1% | 11% |
| Le Plessis-Robinson 28,848 · 2.4 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Bièvres 4,686 · 2.4 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 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 Verrières-le-Buisson
What is the population of Verrières-le-Buisson?
15,057 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (15,612).
How old are Verrières-le-Buisson’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verrières-le-Buisson?
120, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verrières-le-Buisson?
INSEE counts 1,600 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,000 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verrières-le-Buisson?
€41,260 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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