In Auffargis, 3.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Auffargis comes in at 27%. The town’s 830 households held 1,963 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, one in ten homes are flats. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Auffargis
Many graduates
57% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 73% of compared French towns: Auffargis changed by −1% since 2012
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 population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yvelines town +7%.
Half of Auffargis is over 47.3, older than 71% 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
■ Auffargis 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Auffargis, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Auffargis sits above 77% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 66% of compared French towns.
Auffargis ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 2.7%
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
6.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.1%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. At 2.6%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €37,230 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.
Half of Auffargis’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €37,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 95% 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
In Auffargis, 9% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 33%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Auffargis: 6.9% 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.
The median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (6.9%). On foreign nationals, 4.4% here is much the same as 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.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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 make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Auffargis ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 7.4%
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
With graduates of higher education at 57%, Auffargis is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,963 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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 Auffargis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auffargis | 47.3 | 24% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| Les Essarts-le-Roi 6,831 · 1.7 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Le Perray-en-Yvelines 6,480 · 1.7 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 1.2% | 9.6% |
| Coignières 4,321 · 4.1 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 0.5% | 25% |
| Rambouillet 27,724 · 4.1 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis 7,276 · 4.6 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.9% | 8.9% |
| La Verrière 5,994 · 5.3 mi | 35.4 | 15% | 0.8% | 26% |
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 Auffargis
What is the population of Auffargis?
1,963 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,979).
How old are Auffargis’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auffargis?
23, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auffargis?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 86 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auffargis?
€37,230 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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