A town of second homes: 19% of its homes
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 42% in Prinçay. Here, 9.9% of homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town counted 201 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Prinçay
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prinçay, 19% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prinçay had 228 residents at the 2012 census and 201 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Prinçay’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
7% of households have no car, fewer than in 73% 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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing: 8% of the total.
Prinçay changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then −7% to 2023.
Half of Prinçay is over 51.5, older than 87% 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
■ Prinçay 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Prinçay has 27%. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 42%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. Fewer couples with children than in 70% of compared French towns: 21%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,740 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 €20,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns: 16%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Prinçay. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 5.5%, a higher share than 60% 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 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of residents are immigrants here. That is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Prinçay, 27% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 61% 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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Prinçay sits above 97% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (34%)
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (21%), Prinçay is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 201 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Around Prinçay, 1 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prinçay | 51.5 | 27% | 19% | 5.5% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 9.4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 12.8 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 14.8 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 16.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 16.2 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 16.6 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
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 Prinçay
What is the population of Prinçay?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (228).
How old are Prinçay’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prinçay?
27, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prinçay?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prinçay?
€20,740 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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