Photo: Benh LIEU SONG from Torcy, France · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 94% of compared French towns: half of Torcy is under 35.9
In Torcy, 17% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. This Seine-et-Marne town counted 22,810 residents and 9,430 households at the 2023 Census. For Torcy, the census puts flats at 75%.
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 Torcy
Immigrants
INSEE counts 5,600 immigrants in Torcy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 25% of residents, against 14% for the median compared commune in Seine-et-Marne. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Torcy’s residents are under 35.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 21% rent privately and 49% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Torcy 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Seine-et-Marne town +8%.
14% of residents are 65 or over, below 93% 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
■ Torcy 35.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Torcy, 28% of households are couples with children, more 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households is 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
More households without a car than 92% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 14% who have been there 30 years or more. The census found that 28% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Torcy. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
€24,270 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,270 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 20.1% of the population.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 16%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% in Torcy.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 25%, a higher share than 96% 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.
Here 15% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Seine-et-Marne has 14%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
37% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 94% 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
The share of married residents trails 83% of compared French towns: 37%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 37%, a higher share than 73% 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
Here, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Loos (33), the youngest, and Challans (52.5), the oldest.
Around Torcy, 4 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torcy | 35.9 | 14% | 2.6% | 25% |
| Lognes 15,074 · 0.8 mi | 34.9 | 12% | 1.4% | 27% |
| Noisiel 16,053 · 1.1 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 2% | 28% |
| Collégien 3,354 · 1.4 mi | 39.6 | 14% | 1.4% | 16% |
| Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes 6,831 · 1.5 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Vaires-sur-Marne 13,931 · 1.8 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Champs-sur-Marne 27,451 · 2.4 mi | 33.4 | 12% | 1.5% | 24% |
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 Torcy
What is the population of Torcy?
22,810 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (23,471).
How old are Torcy’s residents?
The median age is 35.9, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Torcy?
260, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Torcy?
INSEE counts 5,630 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 25% of residents, and 3,470 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Torcy?
€24,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.1% 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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