Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Parassy has 3.1%. This Cher town had 415 residents in 190 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.4% of the total. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Parassy
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Parassy has changed by ±0%, slower than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Cher town −4%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and ±0% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 71% of compared French towns: half of Parassy is over 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parassy 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Parassy has 24%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Parassy, 7.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 88% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Here nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Parassy ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 14%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Parassy comes in at 7.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. 6.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €25,560 a year
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.
The median standard of living in Parassy is €25,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (34%), Parassy is above just over three fifths of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.4%, a lower share than 97% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Parassy comes in at 0.5%. As a reference point, 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents come to 42% in Parassy, about four in ten. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Parassy, less than in 68% 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
In Parassy, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 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 415 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Parassy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parassy | 47.4 | 24% | 7.2% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 7 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 9.6 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 12.2 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 12.3 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Avord 2,909 · 14.3 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 15.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
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 Parassy
What is the population of Parassy?
415 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (417).
How old are Parassy’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parassy?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parassy?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parassy?
€25,560 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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