Photo: Ykmyks · Public domainYounger than 95% of compared French towns: half of Drancy is under 35.9
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Drancy, 32%. 62% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 72,390, in 28,510 households.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Saint-Denis 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 Drancy
Immigrants
INSEE counts 25,600 immigrants in Drancy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 35% of residents, against 29% for the median compared commune in Seine-Saint-Denis. 30% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Drancy’s residents are under 35.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 62% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Seine-Saint-Denis town +11%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Drancy 35.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 87% of compared French towns: 13%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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-Saint-Denis median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.5 people. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 35% of households have no car
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
Car-free households: one in three, where the median compared French town has 11%. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,290 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 €20,290 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 32.3%.
In Drancy, 21% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
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
8.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 35%
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 30%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Drancy: 35% of residents 15 and over are single, above 92% 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
Across Drancy, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (22%), Drancy is below 78% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 61,929 to 84,095 people: this is the 11th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.4 in Cergy to 50.3 in Cannes.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Drancy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drancy | 35.9 | 13% | 1.2% | 35% |
| Bobigny 56,927 · 1 mi | 34.2 | 12% | 0.7% | 39% |
| Le Bourget 15,925 · 1.2 mi | 36 | 14% | 1.6% | 40% |
| Le Blanc-Mesnil 62,376 · 1.2 mi | 33.6 | 12% | 2% | 36% |
| Noisy-le-Sec 45,510 · 2.3 mi | 35.3 | 12% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Bondy 50,595 · 2.3 mi | 36.5 | 14% | 0.9% | 34% |
| La Courneuve 47,167 · 2.4 mi | 33.7 | 9.7% | 0.6% | 49% |
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 Drancy
What is the population of Drancy?
72,390 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (67,181).
How old are Drancy’s residents?
The median age is 35.9, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Drancy?
360, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Drancy?
INSEE counts 25,570 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 35% of residents, and 21,770 foreign nationals (30%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Drancy?
€20,290 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 32.3% 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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