Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC038% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Pavilly has 4.1%. On second homes, Pavilly sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 0.6%. This Seine-Maritime town is home to 6,029 residents in 2,870 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children: just over a fifth of the total.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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 Pavilly
Social housing
38% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 15% rent privately and 45% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pavilly changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 82% 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
The median Seine-Maritime town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −4%.
Older than 55% of compared French towns: half of Pavilly is over 44.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pavilly 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Pavilly sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
In Pavilly, 39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 64% 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-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
11% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
In Pavilly, 15% of households have no car, more than in 70% 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
38% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6.9% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €22,960 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 21.0% of the population.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Pavilly, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, below 92% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Pavilly and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Pavilly
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
Single residents: 25% of the total. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 41% and 6.1%, and 10% are widowed.
Adults with no qualification make up 32% in Pavilly, more than in 94% 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
18% of Pavilly’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 32% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 5,964 to 6,092 people: this is the 15th 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.
La Verrière is the youngest (35.4); Vaison-la-Romaine the oldest (56.6).
Older than Pavilly: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pavilly
What is the population of Pavilly?
6,029 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (6,235).
How old are Pavilly’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pavilly?
20, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pavilly?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 63 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pavilly?
€22,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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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