Only 5.4% of households are headed by a manual worker in Samoreau
20% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 4% of homes stand empty. The 2023 Census counted 2,384 residents in 1,080 households. Locally, 7% of households have no car.
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.
Slower growth than 58% of compared French towns: Samoreau changed by +3% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Seine-et-Marne town +8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Older than 75% of compared French towns: half of Samoreau is over 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Samoreau 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in Samoreau.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Samoreau, 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 68% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. On couples with children, Samoreau sits lower than 66% of compared French towns: 22%. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
80% of homes are houses
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
In the last two years, 17% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €33,650 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €33,650 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 7.0% of the population.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns: 17%
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 retired person: 30% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 66% of compared French towns: 9% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 5.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Seine-et-Marne has 14%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 66% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 84% 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
Adults with no qualification: 14% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,384 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).
Samoreau sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoreau | 48.1 | 22% | 2.3% | 9% |
| Vulaines-sur-Seine 2,730 · 0.8 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 4% | 9.6% |
| Avon 13,651 · 1.4 mi | 41.1 | 22% | 3.1% | 19% |
| Héricy 2,507 · 1.7 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| Thomery 3,384 · 1.8 mi | 47.9 | 24% | 6.8% | 7.1% |
| Fontainebleau 15,583 · 2.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 7.1% | 15% |
| Champagne-sur-Seine 6,497 · 2.8 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.7% | 21% |
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 Samoreau
What is the population of Samoreau?
2,384 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,317).
How old are Samoreau’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Samoreau?
26, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Samoreau?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Samoreau?
€33,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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