Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.039% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of empty homes trails 93% of compared French towns: 3.4%. La Queue-en-Brie is home to 12,241 residents in 4,460 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, nearly a quarter of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 0.4%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Val-de-Marne 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 La Queue-en-Brie
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 16% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 2,000 immigrants in La Queue-en-Brie (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 23% for the median compared commune in Val-de-Marne. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of La Queue-en-Brie’s residents are under 38.3 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.
+4% since 2012: slower than 52% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Val-de-Marne.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Queue-en-Brie 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 38.3, La Queue-en-Brie is younger than 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in La Queue-en-Brie (14%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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-de-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.7 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. At 16%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
A larger share of flats than 56% of compared French towns: 34%
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
17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 11%, more than in half of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €28,450 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,450 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 11.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person: 22%, a lower share than 92% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 15%, above 76% of compared French towns. Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
17% of residents are immigrants, a share 88% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 13%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In La Queue-en-Brie, 31% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 82% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in La Queue-en-Brie. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 11,993 to 12,510 people: this is the 3rd 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.
The youngest is Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (33.7), the oldest Saint-Cyprien (61.1).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: La Queue-en-Brie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Queue-en-Brie | 38.3 | 14% | 0.4% | 17% |
| Le Plessis-Trévise 21,112 · 1.4 mi | 38.1 | 16% | 0.8% | 20% |
| Pontault-Combault 39,096 · 1.4 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 0.7% | 21% |
| Chennevières-sur-Marne 18,710 · 1.8 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 2% | 24% |
| Noiseau 4,628 · 1.8 mi | 44 | 19% | 1% | 14% |
| Ormesson-sur-Marne 10,977 · 2 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 21% |
| Émerainville 7,690 · 2.7 mi | 38 | 16% | 1.3% | 18% |
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 La Queue-en-Brie
What is the population of La Queue-en-Brie?
12,241 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (11,733).
How old are La Queue-en-Brie’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Queue-en-Brie?
19, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Queue-en-Brie?
INSEE counts 2,050 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 1,650 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Queue-en-Brie?
€28,450 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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