A median age of 52.7: Herbeville is older than 90% of compared French towns
One in ten homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). There were 110 households in Herbeville at the 2023 Census, home to 228 residents. Locally, 3.9% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Herbeville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Herbeville had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 228 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Herbeville’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
55% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Herbeville has changed by −13%, 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then −8% to 2023. Over those years, the median Yvelines town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27% in Herbeville, more than in 78% 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
■ Herbeville 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in Herbeville. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Herbeville: 18% of households are single parents, above 99% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Few places have so few couples with children: 17% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Herbeville comes in at 28%.
11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 85% 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
There is little gap on empty homes: 7.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €36,020 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.
Half of residents live in households above €36,020 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 27%
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 retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
9.1% of residents are immigrants, more than in 66% 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.
Here 6.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For comparison, 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Herbeville, less than in 96% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
4.9% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
55% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 228 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Herbeville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbeville | 52.7 | 27% | 9.9% | 9.1% |
| Maule 6,083 · 1.3 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.5% | 9.4% |
| Ecquevilly 4,279 · 3.5 mi | 37.4 | 15% | 1.3% | 17% |
| Morainvilliers 3,120 · 3.5 mi | 43.4 | 16% | 3.1% | 12% |
| Beynes 7,704 · 3.6 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Aubergenville 12,723 · 4.1 mi | 36.8 | 13% | 0.7% | 18% |
| Orgeval 7,252 · 4.1 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 1.7% | 10% |
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 Herbeville
What is the population of Herbeville?
228 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (263).
How old are Herbeville’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herbeville?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herbeville?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herbeville?
€36,020 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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