Only 2.9% of households have no car in Créchy
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 428 people lived in Créchy, in 180 households. In Créchy, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). 26% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Créchy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Créchy had 486 residents at the 2012 census and 428 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012: slower than 98% 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 −6%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Allier town −1%.
Half of Créchy is over 49.1, older than 80% 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
■ Créchy 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. For Créchy, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 26%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Fewer single-parent households than in 81% of compared French towns: 8%. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 81% of compared French towns: 10%
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
5.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Half above, half below €24,980 a year in standard of living
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 €24,980 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 98% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 5.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 40%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 84% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Créchy. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 77% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Here 46% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 14%, a lower share than 98% 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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 428 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).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Créchy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Créchy | 49.1 | 26% | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 3.8 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 4.2 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 7.1 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 7.3 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 9 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 9.4 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
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 Créchy
What is the population of Créchy?
428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (486).
How old are Créchy’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Créchy?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Créchy?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Créchy?
€24,980 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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