Cérilly is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.4
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Cérilly has 6.3%. This Allier town is home to 1,316 residents in 640 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in seven here (15%). Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Cérilly
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cérilly, 16% of its 890 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cérilly’s residents are under 58.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 16%, a higher share than 92% 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
8.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car in Cérilly.
Since 2012, Cérilly has changed by −1%, slower than 72% 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
In Cérilly, 39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Cérilly 58.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.2%, Cérilly is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Cérilly: 45% of households are one person living alone, above 83% of compared French towns
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.9 people on average. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 8.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
€22,940 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Cérilly is €22,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Cérilly, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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.
Fewer foreign nationals than in 53% of compared French towns: 4%. As a reference point, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
40% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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 share of adults with no qualification tops 68% of compared French towns: 23%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,316 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Cérilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cérilly | 58.4 | 39% | 16% | 4.6% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 15.4 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.4 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
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 Cérilly
What is the population of Cérilly?
1,316 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,324).
How old are Cérilly’s residents?
The median age is 58.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cérilly?
150, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cérilly?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cérilly?
€22,940 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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