A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns: 30%
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Anet has 40%. Lower than in three quarters of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children. 2,721 residents in 1,290 households: that is Anet at the 2023 Census. The census found that 5% of homes stand empty here.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 62% of compared French towns grew faster than Anet: +2%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Eure-et-Loir town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Half of Anet is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Anet 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Anet has 8.7%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 63% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 68% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Anet, 8.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. More second homes than in 71% of compared French towns: 4%. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The share of flats trails 64% of compared French towns: 22%.
Median living standard: €27,470 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,470 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.7% in Anet, less than in 79% 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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Anet (9.3%). Measured more widely, 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).
Immigrants make up 6.5% of Anet’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.
That is higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%. For Anet, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Anet sits below 85% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 61% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,685 to 2,756 people), the 13th 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.
The youngest is Trieux (37.7), the oldest Piriac-sur-Mer (63.6).
No nearby town is as old as Anet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anet | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 1.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 2,609 · 2.4 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 3.8% | 9.3% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 8.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Houdan 3,721 · 8.6 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 11% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 8.8 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 9.9 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 1.4% | 19% |
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 Anet
What is the population of Anet?
2,721 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,673).
How old are Anet’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anet?
56, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anet?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anet?
€27,470 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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