Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in La Postolle comes in at 3.9%. This Yonne town had 159 residents in 77 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town. Few places have so few empty homes: 2% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 La Postolle
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Postolle, 19% of its 98 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Postolle sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (19%)
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%.
+12% since 2012, a pace 75% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +11%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%.
La Postolle sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Postolle 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Postolle’s residents are over 49.9, older than in 83% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a quarter of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
La Postolle ranks below 92% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.7%
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
The figure for couples with children is 20% in La Postolle and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, a third of households are one person living alone.
€28,350 a year: the median 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.
At €28,350 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
In La Postolle, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education: 33% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 159 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than La Postolle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Postolle | 49.9 | 26% | 19% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 8.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 9.2 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Paron 4,834 · 11.1 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 11.2 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 13.4 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 14.9 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
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 Postolle
What is the population of La Postolle?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (142).
How old are La Postolle’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Postolle?
19, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Postolle?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Postolle?
€28,350 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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