Households without a car make up 1.9% in L'Habit, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 89% of compared French towns: 27%. L'Habit’s 210 households held 476 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 8% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes stand empty.
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 L'Habit
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in L'Habit, 15% of its 250 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
L'Habit had 521 residents at the 2012 census and 476 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.
In L'Habit, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% 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
15% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.7% (under two years). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −6%.
L'Habit is older than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ L'Habit 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in L'Habit (23%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
Here nearly a third of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,630 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.
At €29,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (20%), L'Habit is above 81% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 37%, more than in 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in L'Habit
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 tops 92% of compared French towns: 50%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
L'Habit ranks below 71% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
In L'Habit, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 476 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: L'Habit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Habit | 48.1 | 23% | 15% | 4.4% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 2.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Anet 2,721 · 3.8 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 4.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 2,609 · 4.6 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 3.8% | 9.3% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 9.5 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 4,058 · 9.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
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 L'Habit
What is the population of L'Habit?
476 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (521).
How old are L'Habit’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Habit?
37, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Habit?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Habit?
€29,630 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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