Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Huest, 3.1%. The town had 775 residents in 310 households at the 2023 Census. 24% of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Lower than in 80% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
Huest’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +14%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%.
Huest ranks below 87% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Huest 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Huest’s residents are under 41.5, younger than in 69% of compared French towns. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in the town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 28% here, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
Second homes make up 0.6% in Huest, less than in 93% 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 last two years, 9.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 29% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 6.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,170 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 Huest is €28,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person is 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Huest (9.5%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.3% in Huest, less than in 89% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Huest has 4.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Huest sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Huest comes in at 52%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Huest has 33%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Huest is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huest | 41.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 4.6% |
| Gravigny 4,012 · 2 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 7.9% |
| Évreux 49,360 · 2.7 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 1.7% | 18% |
| Guichainville 3,087 · 4.1 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 0.9% | 8.9% |
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 5,524 · 5.6 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 1.5% | 6.4% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 8.2 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 9.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
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 Huest
What is the population of Huest?
775 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (700).
How old are Huest’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Huest?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Huest?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Huest?
€28,170 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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