A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
In Umpeau, 15% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 404, in 170 households. The census found that 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 92% 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 Umpeau
Fewer residents than in 2012
Umpeau had 425 residents at the 2012 census and 404 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Umpeau behind 88% 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 Eure-et-Loir town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +2%.
A median age of 42.1: Umpeau is younger than 65% 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
■ Umpeau 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Umpeau has 10%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Umpeau sits below 80% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Higher than in 74% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents here.
Umpeau ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.9%
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: 5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. 3.6% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 68% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,720 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 €28,720 a year: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 share of households headed by a manual worker trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 12%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Umpeau ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.7%
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 Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. In Umpeau, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 82% 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
Married residents: 42% of the total. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Umpeau, less than in 70% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Umpeau comes in at 34%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 404 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Umpeau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umpeau | 42.1 | 15% | 3.6% | 4.7% |
| Gallardon 3,530 · 3.9 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 3.3% | 7.5% |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien 6,419 · 4.5 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Champhol 3,643 · 7.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.6% | 6.7% |
| Chartres 38,324 · 8.1 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 4% | 13% |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 8.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 1.6% | 7.8% |
| Ablis 3,913 · 8.5 mi | 37.9 | 13% | 2.1% | 10% |
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 Umpeau
What is the population of Umpeau?
404 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (425).
How old are Umpeau’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Umpeau?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Umpeau?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Umpeau?
€28,720 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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