A median age of 37.4: Précey is younger than 90% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 4.3% in Précey and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 559 residents here, living in 230 households. About one in 33: that is how common households without a car are in Précey (3%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Précey
A young town
Half of Précey’s residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 64% 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
Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Précey 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Précey has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 52% of compared French towns, at 11%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Précey ranks above 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Précey has fewer one-person households than 84% of compared French towns, at 28%. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. With single-parent households at 11%, Précey is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count.
A larger share of empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. Second homes: 3.3%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,510 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,510 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Précey ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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
4.3% of Précey’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 26% by a retired person (32%). 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).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Précey, less than in 94% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Précey
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Précey. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Précey
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 share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is older than Précey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Précey | 37.4 | 17% | 3.3% | 1.8% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 4.2 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 5.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 6.1 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 6.6 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 9 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 10.5 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
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 Précey
What is the population of Précey?
559 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (516).
How old are Précey’s residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Précey?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Précey?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Précey?
€24,510 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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