Half of Arnouville is under 35.3, younger than 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Arnouville, 4.3%. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. There were 5,100 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 15,023 residents. 1% of homes are second homes, or about one in 100.
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Arnouville
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,900 immigrants in Arnouville (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 33% of residents, against 16% for the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Arnouville’s residents are under 35.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 61% of compared French towns: Arnouville changed by +7% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Val-d'Oise town +8%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14% in Arnouville, less than in 94% 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
■ Arnouville 35.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Arnouville. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Arnouville sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (42%)
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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.9 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 25% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. At the same time, the share of single-parent households tops 80% of compared French towns: 12%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 16% 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
Without a car: one household in six, against 11% in the median compared French town. On the census count, 5.5% of homes stand empty. Fewer flats than in 53% of compared French towns: 28%.
Standard of living at the median: €22,380 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.
Living standards centre on €22,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns. 25.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Arnouville ranks above 78% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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 stands at 10%. By way of comparison, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are foreign nationals in Arnouville. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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
With single residents at 33%, Arnouville is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 33%
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 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 14,568 to 15,478 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Lognes (34.9), the youngest, and Saint-Jean-de-Luz (54.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Arnouville, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnouville | 35.3 | 14% | 1% | 33% |
| Gonesse 27,707 · 0.7 mi | 35 | 13% | 0.9% | 29% |
| Garges-lès-Gonesse 41,791 · 1.4 mi | 33.9 | 11% | 0.5% | 38% |
| Villiers-le-Bel 30,053 · 1.4 mi | 32.3 | 10% | 0.7% | 36% |
| Sarcelles 59,173 · 1.9 mi | 33.6 | 13% | 0.6% | 36% |
| Dugny 11,700 · 2.4 mi | 31.9 | 9.1% | 0.3% | 29% |
| Le Thillay 4,560 · 2.7 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 1.3% | 23% |
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 Arnouville
What is the population of Arnouville?
15,023 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (13,979).
How old are Arnouville’s residents?
The median age is 35.3, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arnouville?
52, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arnouville?
INSEE counts 4,900 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 33% of residents, and 3,380 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arnouville?
€22,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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