0.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Paley. In Paley, 5.6% of residents are 15 to 24. One-person households are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 483 residents in 210 households.
Throughout this page, the Seine-et-Marne 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 Paley
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Paley, 18% of its 280 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
Here 3.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Paley ahead of 66% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then +15% to 2023.
Paley is older than 82% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paley 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Paley is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 59% 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 Seine-et-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 9.8% of households are single parents, or about one in ten.
A median standard of living of €29,160 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Paley. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Paley, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
53% of residents 15 and over are married and 6.9% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.1% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 33% in Paley, more than in 59% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 483 to 2,582
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).
Paley sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paley | 49.7 | 25% | 18% | 3.5% |
| Souppes-sur-Loing 4,952 · 6.9 mi | 45 | 21% | 2.4% | 15% |
| Nemours 12,889 · 7.4 mi | 40 | 18% | 2.1% | 21% |
| Dordives 3,277 · 7.9 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 8.6% | 10% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours 5,401 · 8.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 2.7% | 9.7% |
| Montigny-sur-Loing 2,669 · 8.4 mi | 51 | 26% | 13% | 11% |
| Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne 12,810 · 9.1 mi | 45.6 | 21% | 4% | 9.1% |
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 Paley
What is the population of Paley?
483 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (444).
How old are Paley’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paley?
52, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paley?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paley?
€29,160 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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