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Esri France

Esri uses demographic and socioeconomic updates and forecasts provided by Esri France to create an advanced demographics dataset for France.

Created in 1988, Esri France assists organizations and companies in their efforts to optimize the use of spatial dimension in their organization. Esri France also relies on a network of specialized, close, and qualified partners.

Release date and vintages

The French advanced demographics dataset was updated in November 2026; it uses the vintages 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, and 2012.

Update frequency

Esri France updates the data that Esri uses for the French advanced demographics dataset approximately every two years.

Attribute summaries

The following table contains a summary description of the available attributes in the French advanced demographics dataset. See France for more information about this advanced demographics dataset, such as use cases and related documents.

Field category Data category Definition
Age: 15 Year Increments Age The estimated population in the year 2022 grouped by 15-year age ranges and refined by gender, such as females aged 30-44 or total population aged 60-74.
Detailed Age Age The estimated population in the year 2022 grouped into age cohorts, such as the total population aged 65-79.
Detailed Age <30 Years Age The estimated population younger than age 30 in the year 2022 grouped into age cohorts, such as the total population aged 11-17.
Business Totals Business The estimated number of businesses in the year 2023 grouped by specific categories, such as the number of businesses with salaries or the number of establishments with 50 employees or more.
Educational Institutions Business The estimated number of educational institution businesses in the year 2024 grouped by type, such as the number of nursery schools or technical high schools.
Health Facilities Business The estimated number of health facility businesses in the year 2024 grouped by type, such as the number of elder care homes or long-stay health facilities.
Industry by Naf17 Codes Business The estimated number of businesses in the year 2023 grouped by established INSEE (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques or The French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) industry category codes, such as the number of transportation-storage or real estate businesses.
Leisure/Tourism Businesses Business The estimated number of leisure/tourism businesses in the year 2024 grouped by type, such as the number of camping sites or hotels.
Retail Businesses Business The estimated number of retail businesses in the year 2024 grouped by type, such as the number of mini markets or bookstores.
Educational Attainment Education The estimated population age 15+ in the year 2022 grouped by educational attainment status categories, such as the population age 15+ with a professional degree.
School Enrollment Education The estimated population attending school in the year 2022 grouped by age cohorts, such as the population age 11-14 attending school.
Households Totals Households The estimated number of households in the years 2026, 2022, 2017, and 2012 and a 10-year comparison of the percentage change in household growth (2012 to 2022). Households are people who live together in a single housing unit.
Households by Family Types Households The estimated number of households in the years 2022, 2017, and 2012 grouped by relationship characteristics, such as 1-person households, family households (members are related), or nonfamily households (members are not related).
Family Type Households The estimated number of families (household members are related) in the year 2022 grouped into categories based on relationship structures, such as the number of single-parent families or couple families with children.
Families by Presence of Children Households The estimated number of families (household members are related) in the year 2022 categorized by the presence and number of children under the age of 25 (from 0 children to 4 or more), for example, the number of families with one child under the age of 25.
Vehicles Available Households The estimated number of households in the years 2022, 2017, and 2012 grouped by the number of automobiles available for use (from 1 car to 2 or more).
Housing Totals Housing A collection of housing unit variables for the years 2026, 2022, 2017, and 2012, including the estimated number of total housing units, the number of housing units in each vintage year categorized by construction type (such as a house or apartment), occupancy type (such as vacant or seasonal housing), and a 10-year comparison of the percentage change in housing stock growth (2012 to 2022).
Households by Tenure Housing The estimated number of households in the years 2022, 2017, and 2012 grouped by tenure categories, such as owned or rented and, if rented, from whom. Tenure refers to whether the household owns or rents the dwelling; includes free housing and social housing (government-owned properties). Owned dwellings are those where some member of the household owns the residence, even if it is still being paid for. Rented dwellings are those where no member of the household owns the residence; it is considered rented even if no monetary rent is paid.
Housing by Comfort Elements Housing The estimated number of households in the year 2022 that have access to a parking space or a garage.
Housing by Number of Rooms Housing The estimated number of households in the year 2022 categorized by the number of rooms in the housing unit (from 1 room to 5 or more).
Housing by Size Housing The estimated number of households in the year 2022 categorized by housing unit structure size ranges (in square meters). For example, the number of households that inhabit housing units that are smaller than 40 sq. m. or the number of households greater than 100 sq. m.
Housing by Structure Housing The estimated number of households in the year 2022 categorized by households living in an apartment or a house.
Household Income Income A collection of income variables for the year 2022 that include the estimated number of fiscal households, a sum of fiscal income, the average income per household, the median household income, and the percentage of households paying income taxes. This collection also includes households grouped by income ranges, such as the estimated number of households with an annual income less than €10,000. A fiscal household (or foyer fiscal) is used to consolidate household income for tax purposes, particularly for households with dependent children.
Consumption Units Income The estimated average amount of energy (Unité de Consommation) used in the year 2022 by the adult population and the average income per consumption unit. It adheres to standard international consumption unit metrics and guidelines.
Income by Type Income The estimated household income in the year 2022 grouped by specific categories, such as income from salary or income from public benefits.
Personal Income Income The estimated population included in fiscal households in the year 2022 and the estimated average income per person. A fiscal household (or foyer fiscal) is used to consolidate household income for tax purposes, particularly for households with dependent children.
Employment by Age Jobs A collection of employment variables for the years 2022, 2017, and 2012 that includes the estimated population age 15-64, refined by gender, and grouped by employment status (employed or unemployed) and employment type categories (such as working or working part-time).
Unemployment by Age Jobs A collection of unemployment variables for the year 2022 that includes the estimated unemployed population age 15-64 refined by gender, age categories (15-24, 25-54, and 55-64), and an unemployment rate.
Commute by Type Jobs The estimated employed population in the year 2022 grouped by transit to work methods, such as via cycling or public transportation.
Jobs at the Workplace Jobs The estimated employed population in the year 2022 grouped by specific job type categories, such as salaried employees, working farmers, or office workers.
Place of Work Jobs The estimated employed population age 15+ in the year 2022 grouped by location of work categories, such as work within the same commune or work in another department in the same region.
Population with No Occupation Jobs The estimated unemployed population in the year 2022 grouped by students age 15-64, retired persons age 15-64, or others (no age listed).
Professions and Socioprofessional Categories Jobs A collection of employment variables for the year 2022 that includes the estimated employed population categorized by age (15+ or 15-64) or the estimated number of households. These variables are grouped by employment or industry categories applicable to the individual or to the household's reference person (primary tax payer)—for example, the number of households whose reference person is an office employee or the number of working farmers age 15-64.
Salaried/Non-Salaried Jobs The estimated employed population age 15+ in the year 2022 grouped by salaried or not-salaried categories—for example, the estimated salaried population age 15+ who work in the public sector or long-term contract or the estimated not-salaried population age 15+ who work part-time.
Nationality Language-Immigration The estimated population in the years 2022, 2017, and 2012 grouped into three categories: French citizen, foreigner, or immigrant.
Marital Status Marital Status The estimated population age 15+ in the year 2022 grouped into two categories: married or not married.
Population Totals Population A collection of population variables for the years 2026, 2022, 2017, and 2012 that includes the estimated total population, population by gender cohorts, population included in household counts, population not included in household counts, and a 10-year comparison of the percentage change in population growth (2012 to 2022). Some variables are for specific years only in this collection.
Births Population The estimated annual number of births for the years 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 and the annual birth rate in 2024.
Population Living Alone by Age Population The estimated population living alone in the year 2022 grouped by age cohorts (15-24, 25-54, 55-79, and age 80+)—for example, the estimated population living alone in 2022 age 80+.
Benefits Poverty The estimated population in the year 2022 receiving government (public) benefits grouped by benefit type categories [minimum guaranteed income, RSA (Revenu de solidarité active), and CMUC (Couverture Maladie Universelle Complémentaire)]—for example, the estimated population in the year 2022 receiving the minimum guaranteed income.