45% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
17% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 2.3% in Attainville. This Val-d'Oise town has fewer households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.5%. The 2023 Census counted 1,904 residents in 650 households.
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 Attainville
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Attainville’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +5% since 2012, behind 51% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Attainville 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Attainville’s residents are under 38.6, younger than in 86% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that 13% of residents are 15 to 24 locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 19% of households are one person living alone
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 2.8 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Attainville ranks below 84% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 5.4%
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
The figure for flats is 11% in Attainville and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 0.6%.
Median living standard: €32,800 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 €32,800 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 21%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Attainville. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 8.4% in Attainville, more than in 63% 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.
5% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 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.
Attainville ranks above 70% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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: 26% of the total. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Attainville, less than in 95% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Attainville has 42%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,904 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Attainville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attainville | 38.6 | 12% | 0.6% | 8.4% |
| Montsoult 4,023 · 1.6 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Ézanville 9,858 · 1.8 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 1.1% | 15% |
| Bouffémont 6,593 · 1.8 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 0.5% | 16% |
| Domont 16,065 · 1.9 mi | 38 | 15% | 1.1% | 17% |
| Écouen 7,202 · 2.7 mi | 39 | 14% | 0.5% | 14% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Tertre 2,689 · 3.4 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 0.9% | 7% |
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 Attainville
What is the population of Attainville?
1,904 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,820).
How old are Attainville’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Attainville?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Attainville?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 95 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Attainville?
€32,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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