Gisors sits above 97% of compared French towns for households in social housing (37%)
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 75% of compared French towns: 18%. 15% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 95% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 12,410 residents and 5,680 households in Gisors. In Gisors, 53% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Gisors
Social housing
37% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 21% rent privately and 41% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+10% since 2012, a pace 69% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Gisors is younger than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gisors 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Across Gisors, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 42%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Gisors, 20% of households have no car, more than in 84% 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
Of all households, 9.7% moved in during the last two years and 13% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Empty homes are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.3%.
At the median, €23,180 a year to live on
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.
At €23,180 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 20.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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
A third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: nearly one in ten 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).
More immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Gisors. Against that, 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.
In Gisors, 34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 92% 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
By its share of single residents (31%), Gisors is above 81% of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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 30%, Gisors is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 12,139 to 12,677
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villetaneuse (33.2), the youngest, and Granville (58.9), the oldest.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Gisors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gisors | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 5 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 5.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Étrépagny 3,670 · 7.6 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Magny-en-Vexin 5,779 · 8.6 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Vexin-sur-Epte 6,015 · 11.2 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 11.7 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
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 Gisors
What is the population of Gisors?
12,410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (11,283).
How old are Gisors’ residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gisors?
140, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gisors?
INSEE counts 1,140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 680 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gisors?
€23,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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