Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Parçay-Meslay
By its share of flats (10%), Parçay-Meslay is below 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,574 residents in 1,100 households. Here, 4.3% of households have no car. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 75% of compared French towns.
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 +12% change since 2012: Parçay-Meslay grew faster than 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
A median age of 45: Parçay-Meslay is older than 57% 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
■ Parçay-Meslay 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 65% of compared French towns: 9.9%.
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%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 85% 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. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. On single-parent households, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 5.2% in Parçay-Meslay, less than in 71% 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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%.
€29,060 a year: the median standard of living
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 Parçay-Meslay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,060 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 6.0% of residents are below the line.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Parçay-Meslay comes in at 34%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Parçay-Meslay
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.2%), Parçay-Meslay is below 75% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 50%
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
20% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,546 to 2,604
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Eymet (61.2), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Parçay-Meslay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parçay-Meslay | 45 | 21% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Rochecorbon 3,219 · 1.6 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 4.8% | 3.6% |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé 4,515 · 2.2 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.6% | 3.8% |
| Vouvray 3,420 · 3 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
| Chanceaux-sur-Choisille 3,499 · 3.2 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 1% | 3.7% |
| La Ville-aux-Dames 5,606 · 3.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 15,898 · 3.6 mi | 40.5 | 21% | 1.2% | 20% |
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 Parçay-Meslay
What is the population of Parçay-Meslay?
2,574 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (2,301).
How old are Parçay-Meslay’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parçay-Meslay?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parçay-Meslay?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parçay-Meslay?
€29,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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