A median age of 57.8: Prissac is older than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Prissac, 2.5%. The town is home to 576 residents in 310 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 10%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Prissac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prissac, 24% of its 540 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Prissac’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prissac had 666 residents at the 2012 census and 576 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 95 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% of homes are second homes
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
In Prissac, 7.2% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. About one in six: that is how common empty homes are in Prissac (18%).
Prissac changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 −8%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre town −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.4% in Prissac, less than in 99% 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
■ Prissac 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 34%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 86% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.8 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 77% of compared French towns: 8.2%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,960 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 Prissac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns, at 53%
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
6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 69% of compared French towns: 6.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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 immigrants (8%), Prissac is above three fifths of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Prissac
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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Prissac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prissac | 57.8 | 34% | 24% | 8% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 11.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 13.8 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
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 Prissac
What is the population of Prissac?
576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (666).
How old are Prissac’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prissac?
130, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prissac?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prissac?
€21,960 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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