Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC BY-SA 4.0Hanches: 36% of households are couples with children, above 94% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (3.7%), Hanches is below 96% of compared French towns. Higher than in 91% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manager or professional. There were 1,100 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 2,696 residents. Households in social housing make up about one in 32 here (3.1%).
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.
What stands out about the people of Hanches
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hanches changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 64% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Eure-et-Loir town −1%.
In Hanches, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 79% 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
■ Hanches 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Hanches is 42.6, lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.4% in Hanches, less than in 99% 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
The share of one-person households is 28%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Hanches, 14% of homes are flats, fewer than in 80% 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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 67% of compared French towns: 5.5%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,600 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,600 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 5.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker here. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.6% of residents in Hanches are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.6% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.3%, close to the figure 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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
With single residents at 21%, Hanches is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Hanches, less than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Hanches, 41%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,663 to 2,730
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Roissy-en-France is the youngest (34); Piriac-sur-Mer the oldest (63.6).
Of the 6 towns nearest Hanches, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanches | 42.6 | 18% | 3% | 6.6% |
| Épernon 5,715 · 1.3 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Maintenon 4,494 · 3.3 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 4.5% | 8.9% |
| Pierres 2,788 · 4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 3.1% | 5.1% |
| Gallardon 3,530 · 5.5 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 3.3% | 7.5% |
| Nogent-le-Roi 4,021 · 6.5 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Rambouillet 27,724 · 8.9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 2.9% | 12% |
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 Hanches
What is the population of Hanches?
2,696 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,662).
How old are Hanches’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hanches?
37, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hanches?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hanches?
€30,600 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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