Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC035% of households are couples with children, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
8% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In 2023, the Census found 3,916 residents in Fay-aux-Loges, living in 1,600 households. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in four here (28%). The median age here is 40.6, lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Fay-aux-Loges
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 77% of compared French towns: Fay-aux-Loges changed by +13% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loiret town +6%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share 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
■ Fay-aux-Loges 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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
In Fay-aux-Loges, nearly one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Fay-aux-Loges ranks below 85% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.4%
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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. In Fay-aux-Loges, 8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Median living standard: €27,800 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.
The median standard of living in Fay-aux-Loges is €27,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Some 8.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 19% 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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, below 76% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Fay-aux-Loges comes in at 2.2%. The median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Fay-aux-Loges sits below 69% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fay-aux-Loges ranks below 81% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 3,880 to 3,952 people: this is the 10th 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.
The youngest is Suippes (32.4), the oldest Belz (57.7).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Fay-aux-Loges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay-aux-Loges | 40.6 | 17% | 2.4% | 3.7% |
| Donnery 2,873 · 2.2 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.8% | 3.7% |
| Traînou 3,402 · 3.6 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel 3,065 · 4 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 9.8% |
| Mardié 3,078 · 4.6 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 1.3% | 5% |
| Jargeau 4,610 · 4.8 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.6% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Loire 8,546 · 5.5 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.3% |
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 Fay-aux-Loges
What is the population of Fay-aux-Loges?
3,916 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (3,471).
How old are Fay-aux-Loges’ residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fay-aux-Loges?
43, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fay-aux-Loges?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 86 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fay-aux-Loges?
€27,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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