A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 62%
31% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Maray had 221 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.8% of households have no car. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 7.4%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
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 Maray
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maray, 23% of its 150 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Maray had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 221 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.7% (under two years). 7.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on empty homes: 6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Maray is over 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maray 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Maray comes in at 12%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 38% of households are one person living alone. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,640 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,640 a year: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Maray ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 24%
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
Here 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Maray ranks below 68% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.5%
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.
Here 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns: 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Maray, 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
In Maray, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Maray is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maray | 49.5 | 31% | 23% | 4.5% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 6.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 8.8 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 9 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 10.2 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 10.8 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Salbris 4,809 · 14.9 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 6.5% | 9.2% |
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 Maray
What is the population of Maray?
221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Maray’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maray?
34, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maray?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maray?
€22,640 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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