Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Mouzay is over 53.2
29% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In Mouzay, 0.9% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Indre-et-Loire town counted 460 residents and 200 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Mouzay
An older town
Half of Mouzay’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mouzay had 489 residents at the 2012 census and 460 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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 Indre-et-Loire town changed +5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −3%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouzay 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.5% in Mouzay. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Mouzay, less than in 94% 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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Mouzay has 4.7%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A smaller share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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
Households without a car make up 5.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Mouzay has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 8%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. 5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €25,930 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 median standard of living in Mouzay is €25,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Mouzay ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 2.4%
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 retired person is 42% in Mouzay and 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 3.1% of residents are immigrants
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.2% in Mouzay and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Mouzay sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (57%)
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
By its share of single residents (19%), Mouzay is below 97% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns: 26%
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 stands at 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (460 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Mouzay: 2 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouzay | 53.2 | 26% | 8% | 3.1% |
| Loches 6,234 · 5.2 mi | 54 | 34% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 11.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 12.3 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 13 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 14 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Esvres 6,294 · 14.5 mi | 42 | 19% | 2% | 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 Mouzay
What is the population of Mouzay?
460 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (489).
How old are Mouzay’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouzay?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouzay?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouzay?
€25,930 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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