Half of Préty is over 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 0.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Préty had 582 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car stands at 6.1%.
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 Préty
An older town
Half of Préty’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Préty has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Only 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Préty
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Préty 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Préty has 31%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.2% of households are single parents
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
Each household has 2 people on average. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children. One-person households: 35%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 9% of its homes
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.7% of homes stand empty in Préty. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
A median of €28,100 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.
Living standards centre on €28,100 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Préty: 46% of households are headed by a retired person, above 94% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 26% in Préty and 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 7% of the total. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Préty, 2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Préty sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (56%)
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
Single residents: 16%, below 99% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Graduates of higher education: 29% of the total. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 582 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Préty sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Préty | 53.4 | 31% | 9% | 2.4% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 2.4 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 7.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 12.5 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 14.6 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 14.8 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 14.9 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
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 Préty
What is the population of Préty?
582 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (588).
How old are Préty’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Préty?
30, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Préty?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Préty?
€28,100 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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