Yrouerre is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person account for 43%. The 2023 Census put Yrouerre’s population at 144, in 70 households. One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 7.1% here.
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 Yrouerre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Yrouerre, 19% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Yrouerre had 182 residents at the 2012 census and 144 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Yrouerre’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 18% in Yrouerre, more than in 98% 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
Second homes: 19% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.5% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
−21% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −13%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%.
Yrouerre sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Yrouerre 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Yrouerre, 25%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Yrouerre, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 68% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 36%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,680 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €26,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Yrouerre ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 7.1%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Yrouerre has 7.1%. Set beside that, 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).
Immigrants make up 4.6% in Yrouerre, less than in 67% 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.
Fewer foreign nationals than in 53% of compared French towns: 4%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Yrouerre
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
With married residents at 49%, Yrouerre is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
A quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 144 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Yrouerre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yrouerre | 53.7 | 25% | 19% | 4.6% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 4.8 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 17.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 17.6 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 17.8 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
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 Yrouerre
What is the population of Yrouerre?
144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (182).
How old are Yrouerre’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yrouerre?
21, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yrouerre?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yrouerre?
€26,680 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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