Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Ymeray comes in at 0.3%. In 2023, the Census found 615 residents in the town, living in 270 households. Here, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have as many second homes: 9.7% here, more than in 88% 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 Ymeray
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Ymeray behind 75% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Eure-et-Loir town −1%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ymeray 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ymeray’s residents are over 45.5, older than in 60% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Ymeray: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 7.2%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Ymeray has 33%.
Only 3.2% of homes stand empty in Ymeray
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
Some 8.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.8% of households have no car.
Median standard of living: €29,520 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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Ymeray sits above 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (13%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Ymeray has 16%. Locally, 29% of households are headed by a retired person. For 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).
5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns
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 63% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Ymeray, less than in 91% 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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 57% 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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (31%). Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Ymeray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ymeray
What is the population of Ymeray?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (622).
How old are Ymeray’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ymeray?
30, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ymeray?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ymeray?
€29,520 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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