A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 42%
The share of households headed by a retired person is 14%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.8% of homes are flats. 8.3% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 86% of compared French towns. Portes had 261 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census.
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 Portes
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 82% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Portes, 14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Portes 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Portes is 42.6, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 81% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 average 2.5 people. Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 9.6% of households are single parents. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 5% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
Median standard of living: €27,460 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,460 a year: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.8%), Portes is below 97% of compared French towns. 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Portes has 19%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Portes, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 261 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Portes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portes | 42.6 | 14% | 8.3% | 1.2% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 4.6 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 5,524 · 6.2 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 1.5% | 6.4% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 8.8 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 8.9 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Évreux 49,360 · 9.1 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 1.7% | 18% |
| Gravigny 4,012 · 9.6 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 7.9% |
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 Portes
What is the population of Portes?
261 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (270).
How old are Portes’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Portes?
10, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Portes?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Portes?
€27,460 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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