22% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Orphin, 3.2%. Here, 26% of households are headed by a retired person. Higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes are second homes. There were 350 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 875 residents.
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 Orphin
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Orphin behind 84% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Yvelines town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Orphin ranks below 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orphin 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Orphin is 45.4, higher than in 59% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Orphin, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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
Just over one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 84% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.1% of homes stand empty.
€34,660 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €34,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 20%, a higher share than 88% of compared French towns
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
Here 7.2% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. For comparison, 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).
Immigrants make up 6% of Orphin’s residents
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 lower than in 54% of compared French towns. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Orphin (6%). Foreign nationals: 3.8%, near enough the figure 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.
Married residents make up 57% in Orphin, more than in 99% 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
20% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Orphin
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
49% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 875 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Orphin is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orphin | 45.4 | 18% | 3.6% | 6% |
| Ablis 3,913 · 4.8 mi | 37.9 | 13% | 2.1% | 10% |
| Épernon 5,715 · 5.4 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Rambouillet 27,724 · 5.4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Gallardon 3,530 · 5.5 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 3.3% | 7.5% |
| Hanches 2,696 · 6.3 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 3% | 6.6% |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien 6,419 · 6.9 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 3.2% | 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 Orphin
What is the population of Orphin?
875 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (908).
How old are Orphin’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orphin?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orphin?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orphin?
€34,660 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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