A median age of 53.6: Précy is older than 92% of compared French towns
In Précy, 0.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Cher town had 353 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 36% of households are headed by a retired person locally.
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 Précy
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Précy, 24% of its 190 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Précy’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 22% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes are second homes, 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
The share of households without a car trails 68% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 5.3%.
Précy grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 55% 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 +4%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Précy 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Précy, 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 7.2% of households are single parents in Précy
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. By its share of couples with children (24%), Précy is below 58% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,720 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,720 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Précy ranks below 70% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Précy comes in at 7.2%. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 93% of compared French towns: 1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
3.1% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
The share of married residents is 35%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 353 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Précy, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Précy | 53.6 | 39% | 24% | 3.1% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 7.5 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 8.1 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 8.4 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 9.7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 9.9 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 11 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Précy
What is the population of Précy?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (333).
How old are Précy’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Précy?
46, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Précy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Précy?
€23,720 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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