Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns, at 39%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 88% in Suresnes. On the census count, just over two in five households are one person living alone. Empty homes are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. There were 22,150 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 48,956 residents.
Throughout this page, the Hauts-de-Seine 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 Suresnes
Immigrants
INSEE counts 8,900 immigrants in Suresnes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 18% for the median compared commune in Hauts-de-Seine. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
60% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 37% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
A young town
Half of Suresnes’ residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
35% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 27% rent privately and 36% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 55% 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
The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hauts-de-Seine town +4%.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Suresnes is under 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Suresnes 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Suresnes has 14%. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 27% of households are couples with children
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 Hauts-de-Seine median and the France median
Living alone · share
11% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Households without a car: 35%, a higher share than 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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 11% have been in their home 30 years or more. Suresnes has more households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns, at 35%. On second homes, 2.6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €36,950 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 €36,950 a year: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 11.4% of the population.
18% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 97% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% 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 91% of compared French towns: 18%
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.
With foreign nationals at 12%, Suresnes is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Suresnes: 33% of residents 15 and over are single, above 88% 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 married residents (38%), Suresnes is below 78% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
60% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Suresnes, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 45,510 to 52,763
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Talence is the youngest (30.5); Les Sables-d'Olonne the oldest (59.6).
Older than Suresnes: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suresnes | 37.5 | 14% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Puteaux 44,002 · 1.1 mi | 37.8 | 15% | 8% | 24% |
| Nanterre 97,783 · 1.6 mi | 35.2 | 13% | 2.2% | 27% |
| Saint-Cloud 29,855 · 1.6 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 3.2% | 16% |
| Rueil-Malmaison 82,874 · 1.8 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 2.1% | 17% |
| Neuilly-sur-Seine 59,538 · 2.2 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 10% | 16% |
| Garches 17,743 · 2.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Suresnes
What is the population of Suresnes?
48,956 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (47,263).
How old are Suresnes’ residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Suresnes?
660, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Suresnes?
INSEE counts 8,930 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 6,050 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Suresnes?
€36,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.4% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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