12% of residents are 65 or over, below 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Vert-le-Petit comes in at 4.3%. In 2023, the Census found 2,714 residents in the town, living in 1,110 households. Locally, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional. More empty homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 9.8%.
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 Vert-le-Petit
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Vert-le-Petit’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 79% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Essonne town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 38.7: Vert-le-Petit is younger than 85% 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
■ Vert-le-Petit 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a tenth of Vert-le-Petit’s residents are 65 or older, against 16% in the median Essonne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 26% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Vert-le-Petit. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households come to 29% here, about three in ten.
Vert-le-Petit ranks above 72% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 18%
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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 16% have been in their home 30 years or more. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 79% of compared French towns: 1% of homes are second homes. Meanwhile, with flats at 33%, Vert-le-Petit is ahead of 55% of compared French towns on that count.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,250 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 €30,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 86% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 8.0% of residents.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Vert-le-Petit. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.9% of Vert-le-Petit’s residents
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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Here, 5.1% 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.
More single residents than 56% of compared French towns: 26%
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
For Vert-le-Petit, the census puts married residents at 43%. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 13% 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
Here 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,680 to 2,748 people), the 2nd 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.
Capinghem is the youngest (38.3); Piriac-sur-Mer the oldest (63.6).
Vert-le-Petit is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vert-le-Petit | 38.7 | 12% | 1% | 6.9% |
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne 8,191 · 1.9 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 0.9% | 14% |
| Saint-Vrain 3,089 · 2.2 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 9.3% |
| Itteville 6,746 · 2.3 mi | 41.3 | 15% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Mennecy 16,433 · 3.1 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Marolles-en-Hurepoix 5,708 · 3.1 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 8.4% |
| Bondoufle 10,767 · 4.2 mi | 38.2 | 16% | 1% | 11% |
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 Vert-le-Petit
What is the population of Vert-le-Petit?
2,714 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,776).
How old are Vert-le-Petit’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vert-le-Petit?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vert-le-Petit?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vert-le-Petit?
€30,250 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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