Only 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Presles
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Presles has 3.6%. There were 1,590 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 4,017 residents. Across Presles, 28% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats.
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 Presles
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Presles ahead of 65% 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 Val-d'Oise town +8%.
Presles sits below 69% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Presles 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Presles (11%). The median age here is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Presles: 35% of households are couples with children, above 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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 5.6% in Presles, less than in 83% 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
The share of second homes is 1.1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €33,210 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 median standard of living in Presles is €33,210 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 5.0%.
Presles ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6%
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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 27% in Presles and 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
8.2% of residents are immigrants, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Presles has 5.4%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Val-d'Oise has 16%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 62% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 48%
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 figure for single residents is 23% in Presles and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 42%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 3,995 to 4,039 people
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 36.3 in Fay-de-Bretagne to 66.9 in Vaux-sur-Mer.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Presles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presles | 44.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 8.2% |
| Beaumont-sur-Oise 10,232 · 2 mi | 36.4 | 14% | 1.4% | 19% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Tertre 2,689 · 2.6 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 0.9% | 7% |
| Persan 14,359 · 2.8 mi | 32.9 | 10% | 0.3% | 27% |
| Champagne-sur-Oise 5,036 · 2.9 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1% | 9.2% |
| L'Isle-Adam 12,493 · 3 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.5% | 10% |
| Montsoult 4,023 · 3.2 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 0.9% | 12% |
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 Presles
What is the population of Presles?
4,017 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (3,701).
How old are Presles’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Presles?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Presles?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Presles?
€33,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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