2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Dry has 3%. Flats: 2.4% of the total. This Loiret town has more residents aged 65 and over than 75% of compared French towns, at 27%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,408, in 500 households.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Dry
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dry’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 69% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loiret town +6%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Half of Dry is over 49.4, older than 81% 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
■ Dry 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Dry.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Dry, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in 90% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are single parents in Dry.
2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 97% 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
Of all households, 9% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. On second homes, Dry sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 4.1%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,590 a year per consumption unit
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.
The median standard of living in Dry is €28,590 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Dry sits above 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Dry. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 26% in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Dry comes in at 1.5%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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 46% in Dry and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns: 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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 29% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,408 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).
No nearby town is as old as Dry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry | 49.4 | 27% | 4.1% | 2.8% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 2.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| Lailly-en-Val 3,101 · 2.7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Cléry-Saint-André 3,596 · 2.9 mi | 43 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| Beaugency 8,024 · 4.2 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 5.1% | 11% |
| Saint-Ay 3,766 · 5 mi | 41 | 20% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| Chaingy 4,116 · 6.7 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 5.7% |
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 Dry
What is the population of Dry?
1,408 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,406).
How old are Dry’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dry?
22, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dry?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dry?
€28,590 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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