37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
With flats at 1.6%, Esnon is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In Esnon, 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 5.4% of households have no car. This Yonne town had 375 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Esnon
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Esnon had 397 residents at the 2012 census and 375 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Esnon: −6%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Esnon ranks above 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esnon 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.4, Esnon is younger than 55% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in the town, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 3.6%, a lower share than 99% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
Esnon ranks above 90% of compared French towns on empty homes: 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 3.7%.
Half above, half below €25,370 a year in standard of living
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 Esnon is €25,370 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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 manual worker make up 23%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across Esnon, 36% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 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).
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 93% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Esnon, 4%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 51% of compared French towns: 43%
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 census found that a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Esnon.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Esnon, 21%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (375 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Esnon is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esnon | 43.4 | 22% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 2 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 3 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 7.1 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 7.8 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 8.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 9.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
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 Esnon
What is the population of Esnon?
375 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (397).
How old are Esnon’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esnon?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esnon?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esnon?
€25,370 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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