Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
The share of empty homes trails 90% of compared French towns: 3.8%. Renay is home to 174 residents in 85 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Renay, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.9% here, fewer than in just over four fifths 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 Renay
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Renay, 19% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Renay’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 3.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Slower growth than 53% of compared French towns: Renay 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
The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
A median age of 51.8: Renay is older than 88% 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
■ Renay 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Renay has 28%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 59% of compared French towns: 24%
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. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€26,740 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,740 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Renay, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% of compared French towns
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 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Renay comes in at 18%. To put it in context, 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).
0.6% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Renay. Elsewhere, 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.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With single residents at 17%, Renay is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns: 15%
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 174 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Renay, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renay | 51.8 | 28% | 19% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 4.8 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 5.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 11.6 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 15.3 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 16.6 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 17.2 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
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 Renay
What is the population of Renay?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (167).
How old are Renay’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Renay?
21, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Renay?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Renay?
€26,740 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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