Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.1% of households have no car
In Crissey, 4.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The town has fewer households in social housing than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.2%. 2,485 residents in 1,010 households: that is Crissey at the 2023 Census. For Crissey, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 38%.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-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 Crissey
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Crissey’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 71% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
A median age of 47.4: Crissey is older than 72% 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
■ Crissey 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over in Crissey.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 34% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Census figures put single-parent households at 6.3% in Crissey.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes stand empty
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
On second homes, 1.2% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. 5.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median of €27,680 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,680 a year: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 11.0%.
In Crissey, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 81% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Crissey is below 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.9% of residents are immigrants, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 5.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
In Crissey, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% of compared French towns
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
21% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 62% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Crissey, about two in ten. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,485 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Crissey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crissey | 47.4 | 24% | 1.2% | 7.9% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 2.1 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 2.3 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 3 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 3.6 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 4.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 4.7 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
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 Crissey
What is the population of Crissey?
2,485 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,491).
How old are Crissey’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crissey?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crissey?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crissey?
€27,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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