Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
2.8% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At 7.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Quincy’s 350 households held 818 residents at the 2023 Census. In Quincy, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Quincy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Quincy had 924 residents at the 2012 census and 818 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 79 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% 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 median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −6%.
In Quincy, 21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 60% 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
■ Quincy 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Quincy is 44.2, higher than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Quincy sits above 92% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.2% of households are single parents. At 30%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Quincy sits above 98% of compared French towns for empty homes (17%)
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
30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.2% moved in within the last two years. On second homes, Quincy sits higher than 71% of compared French towns: 4%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
A median standard of living of €26,140 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,140 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Quincy ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 23%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 5.6% in Quincy and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
Only 4.6% of residents are immigrants in Quincy
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 Quincy comes in at 2.9%. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 make up 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Quincy, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Quincy has 25%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 818 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).
No nearby town is as young as Quincy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy | 44.2 | 21% | 4% | 4.6% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 3.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 6 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 7.2 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 9.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 10.3 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 10.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
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 Quincy
What is the population of Quincy?
818 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (924).
How old are Quincy’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quincy?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quincy?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quincy?
€26,140 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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