In Preuilly, 3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 2.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 210 households in Preuilly at the 2023 Census, home to 477 residents. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of households are single parents. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Preuilly
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Preuilly, 11% of its 260 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Preuilly sits above 88% of compared French towns for second homes (11%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.6% (under two years). As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.2%.
Since 2012, Preuilly has grown +6%, faster than 56% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Cher town −4%.
A median age of 45.4: Preuilly is older than 59% 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
■ Preuilly 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Preuilly: 32% of households are couples with children, above 82% 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
28% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,990 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.
Half of Preuilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Preuilly: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 98% 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
For Preuilly, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 51% of compared French towns: 9.5%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, below 96% 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.
The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Preuilly, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
The share of married residents tops 86% of compared French towns: 49%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Preuilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preuilly | 45.4 | 21% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 3.9 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 7.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 8.5 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 9.2 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 10 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
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 Preuilly
What is the population of Preuilly?
477 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (449).
How old are Preuilly’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Preuilly?
27, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Preuilly?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Preuilly?
€27,990 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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