Empty homes make up 17% in Pasilly, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 50%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 54 residents and 25 households in Pasilly. The census found that 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Pasilly
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pasilly, 11% of its 35 homes: higher than in 89% 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 6 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Pasilly’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Pasilly are second homes
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
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 4% in Pasilly. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns.
±0% since 2012: slower than 70% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −15%; 2017 to 2023, +17%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yonne town −4%.
A median age of 52: Pasilly is older than 89% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pasilly 52. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (31%), Pasilly is above 89% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 25% of households are single parents
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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Pasilly, 25%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pasilly ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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 median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Pasilly
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
In Pasilly, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 14% 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 Pasilly, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Nearby, 1 of 3 towns have older populations than Pasilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pasilly
What is the population of Pasilly?
54 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (54).
How old are Pasilly’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pasilly?
4, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pasilly?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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