Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0Rungis sits above 86% of compared French towns for flats (63%)
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Rungis, 27%. There were 2,500 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 5,611 residents. Locally, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Households in social housing are more common here than in three quarters 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 Rungis
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rungis changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Val-de-Marne town +7%.
Rungis is younger than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rungis 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%, Rungis is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Rungis ranks above 62% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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
Households average 2.2 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Rungis, just over one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households without a car than 63% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 14%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €33,180 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.
At €33,180 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 84% of compared French towns: 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
Here one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 12% in Rungis, more than in 79% 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.
7.2% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 28% in Rungis, more than in 70% 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
Married residents: 42% of the total. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 47% in Rungis, more than in 90% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Rungis. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 5,547 to 5,676 people: this is the 15th 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 Le Port-Marly (37.4), the youngest, and Cancale (57.6), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Rungis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rungis | 42.9 | 19% | 2.5% | 12% |
| Fresnes 29,528 · 1.2 mi | 34.6 | 12% | 1.7% | 23% |
| Wissous 7,151 · 1.2 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Chevilly-Larue 19,826 · 1.6 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 2.3% | 23% |
| L'Haÿ-les-Roses 31,188 · 1.9 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 24% |
| Antony 64,263 · 2.1 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Thiais 32,918 · 2.2 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 1.8% | 24% |
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 Rungis
What is the population of Rungis?
5,611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (5,691).
How old are Rungis’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rungis?
68, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rungis?
INSEE counts 690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 400 foreign nationals (7.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rungis?
€33,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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