Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Moléans is over 57.6
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Moléans has 53%. There were 200 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 433 residents. 18% of households are couples with children, or about one in six. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Moléans
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moléans, 10% of its 240 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Moléans’ residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Moléans had 475 residents at the 2012 census and 433 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Moléans: 10% of homes are second homes, above 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Moléans, 4.3%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 46%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Moléans changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure-et-Loir.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Moléans, more than in 93% 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
■ Moléans 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.3% in Moléans and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are single parents
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
26% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A median standard of living of €26,200 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.
The median standard of living in Moléans is €26,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Moléans, 5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 85% 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 manual worker account for 15%. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 80% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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 lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Moléans ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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
16% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Moléans sits below 92% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
With adults with no qualification at 22%, Moléans is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. 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 (433 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Moléans: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moléans | 57.6 | 34% | 10% | 4.9% |
| Châteaudun 12,830 · 3.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.8% | 17% |
| Bonneval 4,868 · 4.7 mi | 48 | 29% | 4.2% | 4.7% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 10.3 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Vald'Yerre 3,609 · 12 mi | 49 | 29% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Brou 3,230 · 12.8 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 14 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
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 Moléans
What is the population of Moléans?
433 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (475).
How old are Moléans’ residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moléans?
25, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moléans?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moléans?
€26,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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