In Changy, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% of compared French towns
6.2% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). At 5.3%, the share of flats is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Changy had 690 residents in 280 households at the 2023 Census. For Changy, the census puts households without a car at 6.4%.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Changy
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Changy’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 80% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Loire town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Changy is younger than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Changy 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 96% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
5.5% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.5 people share a household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 17% of homes stand empty
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 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.5% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,390 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.
At €24,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 37% 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
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 figure for married residents is 51% in Changy and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 89% 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
Adults with no qualification: 25% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 690 to 2,582 people
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.
Changy is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Changy
What is the population of Changy?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (605).
How old are Changy’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Changy?
22, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Changy?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Changy?
€24,390 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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