Only 2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Toucy
The figure for couples with children is 15% in Toucy and 25% in the typical compared French town. The town has more households without a car than 82% of compared French towns, at 20%. There were 1,340 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 2,571 residents. About one in 24: that is how common second homes are in Toucy (4.2%).
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Toucy
An older town
Half of Toucy’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 260 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Toucy had 2,687 residents at the 2012 census and 2,571 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 86% of compared French towns grew faster than Toucy: −4%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Toucy is over 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Toucy 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 91% of compared French towns: 32%. For Toucy, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Toucy sits above 87% of compared French towns for one-person households (46%)
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Toucy sits above 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (16%)
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
One household in five has no car (median compared French town: 11%). At 15%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 31% of homes are flats.
The median resident lives on €23,390 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 €23,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 18.0%.
Toucy sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (45%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Toucy is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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.
2.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). 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.
A lower share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Toucy. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,543 to 2,601 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Eymet (61.2).
Toucy and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toucy | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 11.1 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 11.9 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 13.4 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 13.4 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 14.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 15.3 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
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 Toucy
What is the population of Toucy?
2,571 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,687).
How old are Toucy’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Toucy?
70, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Toucy?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Toucy?
€23,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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