Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.1% of homes are flats
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Loisy has 22%. 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. This Saône-et-Loire town had 693 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 4.8% of households have no car in the town.
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 Loisy
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loisy, 10% of its 360 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Loisy, 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 7.8% in Loisy. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten homes are second homes. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 79% 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 change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Half of Loisy is over 47.1, older than 69% 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
■ Loisy 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Loisy (22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Loisy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.1%)
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Loisy has 31%. The average household has 2.4 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €25,920 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person here. Loisy has more households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns, at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Loisy has 2.6%. To put it in context, 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.
Loisy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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 52% in Loisy and 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 census found that 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Loisy. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 693 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Loisy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loisy | 47.1 | 22% | 10% | 4.2% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 5.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 7.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 10 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 10.8 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 14.2 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 15.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
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 Loisy
What is the population of Loisy?
693 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (610).
How old are Loisy’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loisy?
37, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loisy?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loisy?
€25,920 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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