3.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
6.8% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The 2023 Census counted 672 residents in 290 households. Here, 7.7% of homes are flats. Avaray has fewer households in social housing than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.1%.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Avaray
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avaray, 10% of its 380 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 56% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Avaray had 720 residents at the 2012 census and 672 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Avaray ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 10%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 90% of compared French towns: 13%.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 92% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avaray 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Avaray’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Avaray has fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%.
€27,540 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 Avaray’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Avaray sits above 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (19%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Avaray. At 29%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
The median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 83: 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 45%, above 64% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Avaray ranks below 78% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Avaray has 24%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (672 to 2,582 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Avaray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avaray | 43.2 | 19% | 10% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan 4,236 · 1.8 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 5.8% | 2.5% |
| Mer 6,250 · 3.2 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Beaugency 8,024 · 4.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 5.1% | 11% |
| Lailly-en-Val 3,101 · 6.1 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 9.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| Cléry-Saint-André 3,596 · 11.5 mi | 43 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
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 Avaray
What is the population of Avaray?
672 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (720).
How old are Avaray’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avaray?
39, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avaray?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avaray?
€27,540 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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