Fewer couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9%, below 93% of compared French towns. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Pressigny
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pressigny, 18% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Pressigny’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pressigny had 201 residents at the 2012 census and 191 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 18% of its homes
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
Turnover: 4.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Pressigny has 15%.
From 2012 to 2023, 88% of compared French towns grew faster than Pressigny: −5%
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
Here the change came as −8% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Pressigny is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pressigny 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Pressigny has 24%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Pressigny sits below 98% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.6%)
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. One-person households are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
At the median, €23,300 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €23,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pressigny, 5.3%. Typically, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 66% 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
Married people make up 45% and PACS partners 4.9%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.8% are widowed. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 191 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Pressigny and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressigny | 53.5 | 24% | 18% | 5.3% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 6.3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 9.2 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 10 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 14.6 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 16.3 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 16.8 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
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 Pressigny
What is the population of Pressigny?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (201).
How old are Pressigny’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pressigny?
24, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pressigny?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pressigny?
€23,300 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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