A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns: 24%
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Fewer empty homes than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 5%. Villemoisson-sur-Orge had 7,332 residents in 3,000 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over come to 19% locally, about two in ten.
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 Villemoisson-sur-Orge
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +5% since 2012, behind 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Younger than 64% of compared French towns: half of Villemoisson-sur-Orge is under 42.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villemoisson-sur-Orge 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Villemoisson-sur-Orge sits above 82% of compared French towns for couples with children (32%)
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
Households average 2.4 people. 12% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 72% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Villemoisson-sur-Orge ranks below 76% of compared French towns on second homes: 1.1%
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
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Villemoisson-sur-Orge has 9.1%. Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 13% of households rent social housing (HLM). As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.2% (under two years).
A median of €33,520 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €33,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Here just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Set beside that, 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 13%
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.
Foreign nationals: 9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Villemoisson-sur-Orge: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 74% 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
Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Villemoisson-sur-Orge ranks above 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 50%
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, just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification in Villemoisson-sur-Orge. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 7,252 to 7,412 people
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 Gières (36), the youngest, and Perros-Guirec (62.4), the oldest.
Villemoisson-sur-Orge is younger than 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge | 42.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Morsang-sur-Orge 21,667 · 0.9 mi | 38 | 14% | 1.4% | 20% |
| Épinay-sur-Orge 10,722 · 0.9 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 1.7% | 15% |
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 35,438 · 1.4 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 1.1% | 21% |
| Villiers-sur-Orge 4,545 · 1.5 mi | 42.7 | 17% | 0.7% | 8.6% |
| Savigny-sur-Orge 37,601 · 1.7 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Viry-Châtillon 30,838 · 1.9 mi | 38.1 | 16% | 1.8% | 23% |
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 Villemoisson-sur-Orge
What is the population of Villemoisson-sur-Orge?
7,332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (7,003).
How old are Villemoisson-sur-Orge’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villemoisson-sur-Orge?
36, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villemoisson-sur-Orge?
INSEE counts 940 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 660 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villemoisson-sur-Orge?
€33,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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