Flats: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Girolles, 1.5%. 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 596 residents in 270 households. Locally, 7.5% of homes are second homes.
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 Girolles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Girolles had 676 residents at the 2012 census and 596 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Girolles changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loiret town +6%.
Girolles sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Girolles 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Girolles is 49.5, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. 22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Girolles ranks below 80% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Girolles. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 60% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Households without a car make up 4.7% in Girolles, less than in 90% 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
Empty homes make up 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%.
Half above, half below €26,860 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,860 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
In Girolles, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 3.6% of Girolles’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Girolles ranks below 68% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 32 here (3.1%). 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 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Girolles
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Girolles comes in at 55%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Girolles, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Girolles, 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 596 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Girolles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girolles | 49.5 | 22% | 7.5% | 4.5% |
| Corquilleroy 2,891 · 2.3 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2% | 11% |
| Châlette-sur-Loing 12,677 · 3.5 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 1.5% | 26% |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais 3,839 · 3.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| Pannes 3,740 · 4.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Montargis 14,825 · 5 mi | 40.7 | 23% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Villemandeur 7,078 · 5.6 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 2.1% | 10% |
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 Girolles
What is the population of Girolles?
596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (676).
How old are Girolles’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Girolles?
24, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Girolles?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Girolles?
€26,860 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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