0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
42% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). There were 500 households in Préchac at the 2023 Census, home to 1,061 residents. Flats account for 2.2%. At 7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Préchac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Préchac, 12% of its 640 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Préchac’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Préchac, more than in 89% 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
Some 9.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. The share of empty homes stands at 9.6%. At 8.8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 66% of compared French towns grew faster than Préchac: +1%
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gironde town +16%.
A median age of 51.9: Préchac is older than 88% 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
■ Préchac 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The census found that nearly a third of residents are 65 or over in Préchac.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Préchac, 17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 84% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Préchac has 37%. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. The average household has 2.1 people.
A typical living standard of €23,600 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 Préchac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,600 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
In Préchac, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 69% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7% in Préchac and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Immigrants make up 3.2% in Préchac, less than in 80% 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.
Here 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Préchac
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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Préchac has 40%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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
More adults with no qualification than in 52% of compared French towns: 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 1,061 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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).
Older than Préchac: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Préchac | 51.9 | 32% | 12% | 3.2% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 7.5 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Langon 7,674 · 11.8 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 12.1 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 16.9 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 17.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
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 Préchac
What is the population of Préchac?
1,061 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,051).
How old are Préchac’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Préchac?
78, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Préchac?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Préchac?
€23,600 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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