Second homes: 39%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Planay, 6.5%. Locally, 18% of households are couples with children. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 442 people lived here, in 220 households.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Planay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Planay, 39% of its 450 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 56 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Planay sits higher than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 19%. 7.5% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
From 2012 to 2023, Planay outgrew 69% of compared French towns: +10%
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 +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Planay 44. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Planay is 44, lower than in 50% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.7% of households are single parents in Planay
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. Planay has more one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 39%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,230 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,230 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Planay ranks above 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.5% of Planay’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.7% of Planay’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Planay (5.7%). This Savoie town sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 5.2%, about the same as 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.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 30% of residents 15 and over are single
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 39% in Planay and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
In Planay, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (442 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Planay sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planay | 44 | 19% | 39% | 5.7% |
| La Plagne Tarentaise 3,836 · 8 mi | 45.3 | 17% | 84% | 4.5% |
| Moûtiers 3,487 · 8 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 10% | 23% |
| Aime-la-Plagne 4,385 · 8.1 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 49% | 4.9% |
| Les Belleville 3,498 · 9.4 mi | 42.4 | 15% | 88% | 7.2% |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 3,780 · 10 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 15% | 5.2% |
| La Léchère 2,538 · 12.1 mi | 46 | 21% | 46% | 8.2% |
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 Planay
What is the population of Planay?
442 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (402).
How old are Planay’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Planay?
180, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Planay?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Planay?
€26,230 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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