A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Michery, 7.1%. Second homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns. This Yonne town had 1,078 residents in 480 households at the 2023 census. Across Michery, 4.1% of homes stand empty.
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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Michery behind 56% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne.
Michery is older than 55% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Michery 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Michery ranks above 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.3% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 85% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 2.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €26,990 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,990 a year: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 account for 15%. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 56% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Michery ranks below 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.2%
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.
The share of immigrants is 2.9%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 93% 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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Michery, less than in 71% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Michery comes in at 22%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,078 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Michery
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michery | 44.8 | 22% | 8.9% | 2.9% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 2.5 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 6.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 8.1 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 8.3 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Paron 4,834 · 8.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Cannes-Écluse 2,742 · 12.3 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 2% | 7.8% |
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 Michery
What is the population of Michery?
1,078 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,043).
How old are Michery’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Michery?
50, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Michery?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Michery?
€26,990 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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