Couples with children: 39%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 31%, above 99% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 9.4%, more than in 87% of compared French towns. 256 residents in 100 households: that is Friaize at the 2023 Census. The census found that 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Friaize
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Friaize’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 69% 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 Eure-et-Loir town −1%.
21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 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
■ Friaize 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Friaize is 43.7, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. For Friaize, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.5 people on average. 4.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Friaize: 7.7% of homes stand empty, above 61% of compared French towns
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. 26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.4% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,670 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 €24,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns, at 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Friaize ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.6%
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.
Here 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On single residents, Friaize sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 24%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 256 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Friaize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friaize | 43.7 | 21% | 9.4% | 2.6% |
| Courville-sur-Eure 2,791 · 5.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 6 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Illiers-Combray 3,210 · 10.2 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5% | 2.6% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 10.4 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure 2,797 · 10.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2% | 4% |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2,641 · 11.7 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
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 Friaize
What is the population of Friaize?
256 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (233).
How old are Friaize’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Friaize?
12, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Friaize?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Friaize?
€24,670 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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