Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of households are couples with children
Households in social housing make up 1.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,042 people lived in Précieux, in 390 households. For Précieux, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 18%.
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 Précieux
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Précieux behind 76% 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
The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Half of Précieux is under 40.5, younger than 77% 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
■ Précieux 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
18% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 23% in Précieux, less than in 98% 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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. 7.2% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Empty homes: 5% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.5% moved in within the last two years. Few places have as many second homes: 2.8% here, more than in three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,270 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.
Living standards centre on €27,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns: 19%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Précieux. Here, 8.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
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 1.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 45% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Précieux. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Précieux, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns
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
Here, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,042 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Précieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Précieux | 40.5 | 18% | 2.8% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy 4,142 · 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Sury-le-Comtal 6,621 · 3.5 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Savigneux 3,509 · 3.9 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Montbrison 16,123 · 4.7 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 6.4% |
| Bonson 4,557 · 5.2 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1% | 5.8% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 5.5 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
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 Précieux
What is the population of Précieux?
1,042 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,059).
How old are Précieux’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Précieux?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Précieux?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Précieux?
€27,270 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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