A median age of 57.5: La Houssaye is older than 97% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. La Houssaye had 209 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 17% of households are couples with children. Households headed by a manual worker make up 4.8%, against 14% in the typical compared French town.
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 La Houssaye
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Houssaye, 34% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of La Houssaye’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Houssaye had 218 residents at the 2012 census and 209 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 34%, a higher share than 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 6% of households have no car. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The figure for empty homes is 5.2% in La Houssaye and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
−4% since 2012: slower than 85% 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%.
La Houssaye sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (42%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Houssaye 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
4.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,540 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,540 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
La Houssaye: 53% of households are headed by a retired person, above 98% of compared French towns
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
On the census count, 9.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.4%, a lower share than 87% 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.
Here 3.8% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 La Houssaye, 13% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Nearly three in five residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 21%, La Houssaye is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 209 to 2,582 people
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.
La Houssaye is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Houssaye | 57.5 | 42% | 34% | 3.8% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 5.9 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 6 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 6.7 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 11.6 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 11.7 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 12.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
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 La Houssaye
What is the population of La Houssaye?
209 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (218).
How old are La Houssaye’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Houssaye?
58, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Houssaye?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Houssaye?
€25,540 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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