A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%
The figure for flats is 4.1% in Merey and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 160 households held 347 residents at the 2023 Census. 6.4% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Merey
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Merey, 12% of its 200 homes: higher than in 89% 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.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 17% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put households without a car at 4.6% in Merey. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 10%, more than in 80% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 60% of compared French towns grew faster than Merey: +2%
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
Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then ±0% to 2023.
Half of Merey is over 49.3, older than 81% 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
■ Merey 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Merey, 16% of households are single parents, more than in 97% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 36%, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €33,650 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 residents live in households above €33,650 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Merey sits above 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (39%)
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
In Merey, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.4% in Merey, less than in 69% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Merey has 2.4%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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 higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 53%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Merey has 19%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Merey, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Graduates of higher education: 28% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 347 to 2,582 people
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).
Merey is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merey | 49.3 | 25% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 3.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 2,609 · 6 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 3.8% | 9.3% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 7.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Anet 2,721 · 7.8 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine 5,064 · 9 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 14% |
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 Merey
What is the population of Merey?
347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (339).
How old are Merey’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Merey?
24, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Merey?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Merey?
€33,650 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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