Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Couples with children make up 34% in Taverny, more than in 89% of compared French towns
The median age in Taverny is 39, lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 27,593 residents and 10,850 households in the town. On the census count, 24% of households are headed by a retired person. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Taverny has 54%.
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 Taverny
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,100 immigrants in Taverny (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 16% for the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise. 9.7% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 54% 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 first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Val-d'Oise town +8%.
16% of residents are 65 or over, below 87% 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
■ Taverny 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 in Taverny. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
More single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns.
In Taverny, 20% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 76% 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 households without a car is 15%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.3% (under two years). On empty homes, Taverny sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 5.7%. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,590 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,590 a year: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 12.9%.
Taverny ranks above 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 18%
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 manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 15%, a higher share than 85% 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.
9.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The usual figure: 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 85% 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.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 31% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Locally, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Adults with no qualification: 16% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 26,227 to 29,003 people: this is the 18th 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.
Grigny is the youngest (31); Bergerac the oldest (52.5).
Of the 6 towns nearest Taverny, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taverny | 39 | 16% | 2.1% | 15% |
| Beauchamp 9,849 · 1.2 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 1.2% | 17% |
| Bessancourt 8,869 · 1.3 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 1% | 15% |
| Saint-Leu-la-Forêt 16,138 · 1.3 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 0.7% | 12% |
| Le Plessis-Bouchard 8,518 · 1.7 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Montigny-lès-Cormeilles 22,457 · 2 mi | 34.9 | 13% | 0.7% | 24% |
| Frépillon 3,317 · 2.2 mi | 39 | 14% | 0.7% | 8.2% |
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 Taverny
What is the population of Taverny?
27,593 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (26,094).
How old are Taverny’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taverny?
250, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taverny?
INSEE counts 4,150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 2,670 foreign nationals (9.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taverny?
€28,590 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.9% 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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