Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Étaule has 2.7%. The town has more households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns, at 46%. There were 180 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 382 residents. 7.4% of homes are second homes.
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 Étaule
An older town
Half of Étaule’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Étaule had 402 residents at the 2012 census and 382 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Étaule changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, behind 88% 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 −8%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Étaule is over 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étaule 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Étaule has 29%. 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
Couples with children: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns.
5% of homes are flats, below 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Étaule, 9.2%. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€26,610 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Étaule is €26,610 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 79% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Étaule. Typically, 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).
2% of residents are foreign nationals, below 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.
In Étaule, 4.1% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is lower than in 72% 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Étaule, less than in 94% 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 make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 88% 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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 382 to 2,582 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Étaule and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étaule | 52.2 | 29% | 7.4% | 4.1% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 2.9 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 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 Étaule
What is the population of Étaule?
382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (402).
How old are Étaule’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étaule?
16, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étaule?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étaule?
€26,610 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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