Households without a car: 1.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 93% of compared French towns: 24%. About one in four: that is how common one-person households are in Planfoy (23%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,075 residents in the town, living in 430 households.
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 Planfoy
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Planfoy grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 72% 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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
Half of Planfoy is under 42.1, younger than 65% 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
■ Planfoy 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Locally, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A town of second homes: 8.7% of its 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
The share of empty homes trails 89% of compared French towns: 3.8%. The census found that 15% of homes are flats in Planfoy. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €29,790 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 Planfoy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Planfoy, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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 share of foreign nationals is 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Planfoy has 20%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Planfoy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 7.8%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 53% in Planfoy and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,075 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Planfoy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planfoy | 42.1 | 20% | 8.7% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Genest-Malifaux 2,921 · 3.1 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 1.4% |
| La Ricamarie 8,039 · 3.4 mi | 37.5 | 20% | 0.4% | 23% |
| Saint-Étienne 173,136 · 3.8 mi | 37.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 20% |
| Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds 6,563 · 4.6 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 6.6% |
| Le Chambon-Feugerolles 12,314 · 5 mi | 42.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 13% |
| Roche-la-Molière 9,843 · 6.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
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 Planfoy
What is the population of Planfoy?
1,075 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (969).
How old are Planfoy’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Planfoy?
43, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Planfoy?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Planfoy?
€29,790 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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