Photo: couscouschocolat · CC BY 2.0Larçay sits below 97% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.4%)
In Larçay, 6.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone. The town counted 2,657 residents and 1,130 households at the 2023 Census. Across Larçay, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 +10% change since 2012: faster than 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 58% 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
■ Larçay 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Larçay’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
5.6% of households are single parents, fewer 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Larçay has more couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 32%.
Larçay sits below 92% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.6%)
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
Here nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 9.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Median standard of living: €29,810 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.
Living standards centre on €29,810 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 5.0% of residents.
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Larçay comes in at 36%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 9% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 66% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 32 here (3.1%). For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Larçay comes in at 51%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 10%
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
43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,628 to 2,687 people, the 12th 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 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Larçay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larçay | 44.3 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Avertin 14,999 · 1.9 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 1.7% | 5.7% |
| Véretz 4,644 · 1.9 mi | 44 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.3% |
| La Ville-aux-Dames 5,606 · 2.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 7.1% |
| Montlouis-sur-Loire 11,335 · 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 15,898 · 3.2 mi | 40.5 | 21% | 1.2% | 20% |
| Azay-sur-Cher 3,243 · 3.3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
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 Larçay
What is the population of Larçay?
2,657 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (2,417).
How old are Larçay’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Larçay?
25, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Larçay?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Larçay?
€29,810 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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