In Erceville, 2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Half of Erceville’s residents are over 49.4, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. One-person households make up about one in four here (24%). Census day 2023: 291 residents and 120 households here. Second homes make up 5.8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Erceville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Erceville had 333 residents at the 2012 census and 291 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Erceville changed by −13% since 2012
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 change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
In Erceville, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 84% 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
■ Erceville 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Erceville has 19%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Erceville ranks above 94% of compared French towns on couples with children: 36%
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. Fewer single-parent households than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.9%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 15% in Erceville, more than in 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
5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,450 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 Erceville is €27,450 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.4%, a lower share than 78% 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.
Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Married residents: 44%, above three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Erceville, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 64% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Erceville (19%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 291 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Erceville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erceville | 49.4 | 19% | 5.8% | 3.4% |
| Angerville 4,428 · 5.1 mi | 38.7 | 15% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Toury 2,640 · 5.4 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 3.2% | 8.8% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 5.8 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 11.2 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 4,987 · 11.8 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 14.6 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
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 Erceville
What is the population of Erceville?
291 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (333).
How old are Erceville’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Erceville?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Erceville?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Erceville?
€27,450 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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