Millançay sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1%)
2.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 27%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Millançay counted 716 residents and 340 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
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 Millançay
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in Millançay, 17% of its 490 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Millançay’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 64 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.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 17% 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 Millançay, 5.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common empty homes are in Millançay (13%). As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: Millançay changed by −4% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Loir-et-Cher town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Half of Millançay is over 51.9, older than 89% 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
■ Millançay 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.6%), Millançay is below 87% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
6.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few couples with children: 25% here, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €25,570 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 residents live in households above €25,570 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Millançay ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 43%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Millançay has 18%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.6% of residents are immigrants in Millançay
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, below 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. That is lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of residents 15 and over are married
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Millançay has 20%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married 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
Millançay has more adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 20%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 716 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Millançay and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millançay | 51.9 | 28% | 17% | 2.6% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 6.3 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 10.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Salbris 4,809 · 13.3 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 6.5% | 9.2% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 14.7 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Cour-Cheverny 2,831 · 15 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 7.8% | 2.7% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 15.3 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
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 Millançay
What is the population of Millançay?
716 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (742).
How old are Millançay’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Millançay?
82, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Millançay?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Millançay?
€25,570 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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