Households headed by a manager or professional make up 29% in Choisel, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 3.9% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 540 residents in 240 households. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Choisel has 8.1%.
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 Choisel
Many graduates
59% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 31% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
An older town
Half of Choisel’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Choisel changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 68% 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 +3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yvelines town +7%.
Choisel is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Choisel 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Choisel, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Choisel, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 84% 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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children tops 63% of compared French towns: 28%. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
A town of second homes: 5.7% of its 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
In Choisel, 8.4% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Standard of living at the median: €40,640 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €40,640 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Choisel, 24%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Choisel sits above 63% of compared French towns for immigrants (8.6%)
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 63% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Choisel.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 50% in Choisel, more than in 92% 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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Choisel and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
59% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 97% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 7.8% in Choisel and 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 540 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Choisel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choisel | 51.1 | 23% | 5.7% | 8.6% |
| Chevreuse 5,502 · 2.2 mi | 46 | 21% | 4% | 10% |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse 7,747 · 3.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 4.2% | 11% |
| Limours 6,517 · 3.8 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 1.7% | 12% |
| Magny-les-Hameaux 9,386 · 4.3 mi | 39.3 | 14% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Gif-sur-Yvette 22,544 · 4.8 mi | 40 | 19% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Forges-les-Bains 4,241 · 4.9 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 2.2% | 8.6% |
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 Choisel
What is the population of Choisel?
540 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (538).
How old are Choisel’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Choisel?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Choisel?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.6% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Choisel?
€40,640 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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