A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 23%
With households headed by a manager or professional at 3.9%, Les Ormes is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 281 residents locally, living in 130 households. For Les Ormes, the census puts households without a car at 3.2%.
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 Les Ormes
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Ormes, 23% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Les Ormes, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 89% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Les Ormes behind 83% 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 +19%; the six to 2023, −19%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Les Ormes is older than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Ormes 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The census found that 27% of residents are 65 or over in Les Ormes.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 23% in Les Ormes, less than in 63% 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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. About one in nine: that is how common single-parent households are in Les Ormes (11%). More one-person households than in half of compared French towns: 35%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,580 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.
Living standards centre on €24,580 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Only 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Les Ormes
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Les Ormes has 39%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Les Ormes, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.4%), Les Ormes is below 87% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town 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 Les Ormes, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 67% 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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 27% 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
Here, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (281 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Les Ormes are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Ormes | 50.3 | 27% | 23% | 2.9% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 4.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 7.3 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 8.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 11.2 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 12.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 12.9 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Les Ormes
What is the population of Les Ormes?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (291).
How old are Les Ormes’ residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Ormes?
46, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Ormes?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Ormes?
€24,580 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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