Only 1.8% of homes are flats in Prey
One-person households: 25%, below 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Prey was home to 953 people in 400 households. The share of households without a car stands at 4.2%. 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
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.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Prey behind 60% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prey 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Prey’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Prey: 17% of households are single parents, above 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 29%, more than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Prey, 5.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 74% 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
The share of second homes tops 67% of compared French towns: 3.5%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%.
A median of €27,850 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,850 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 60% 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
In Prey, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, below 76% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%. 4.8% of residents are immigrants. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Prey, less than in 89% 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
In Prey, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 953 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th youngest
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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Prey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prey | 44.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 4.8% |
| Guichainville 3,087 · 1.9 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 0.9% | 8.9% |
| Évreux 49,360 · 4.9 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 1.7% | 18% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 4.9 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Gravigny 4,012 · 6.3 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 5,524 · 6.5 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 1.5% | 6.4% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 8.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
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 Prey
What is the population of Prey?
953 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (930).
How old are Prey’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prey?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prey?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prey?
€27,850 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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