Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.0Limay is younger than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 35.2
With second homes at 0.6%, Limay is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a manual worker come to 20% in the town, about two in ten. Few places have as many flats: 51% here, more than in three quarters of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 17,885 residents and 6,600 households in the town.
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 Limay
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,100 immigrants in Limay (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 15% for the median compared commune in Yvelines. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Limay’s residents are under 35.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Social housing
32% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 19% rent privately and 47% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Limay grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Yvelines. Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% 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
■ Limay 35.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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%.
Limay: 35% of households are couples with children, above 92% 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
On average, 2.7 people share a household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 91% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here 33% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
32% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
One household in six has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The census found that 16% of households have no car in Limay. On empty homes, Limay sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 6.9%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A median of €22,060 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,060 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 24.0% of residents are below the line.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns, at 24%
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: nearly a tenth of the total. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
23% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 18% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in six.
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 31% in Limay, more than in 84% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Limay. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 85% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Limay. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 17,274 to 18,532 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Moissy-Cramayel (33.2), the oldest Vire Normandie (50.1).
Limay is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limay | 35.2 | 13% | 0.6% | 23% |
| Mantes-la-Ville 22,332 · 1.9 mi | 35.2 | 14% | 0.7% | 24% |
| Mantes-la-Jolie 43,526 · 1.9 mi | 35.1 | 15% | 0.5% | 30% |
| Porcheville 3,382 · 2.3 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 0.8% | 17% |
| Issou 4,060 · 2.6 mi | 40 | 15% | 0.9% | 15% |
| Buchelay 3,360 · 2.8 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Magnanville 6,383 · 2.8 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.5% | 16% |
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 Limay
What is the population of Limay?
17,885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (16,128).
How old are Limay’s residents?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limay?
45, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limay?
INSEE counts 4,120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 3,290 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limay?
€22,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 24.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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