Souvigny is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Souvigny, 42%. There were 810 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,698 residents. Second homes: 8.3% of the total. Fewer households without a car than in 66% of compared French towns: 8.1%.
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 Souvigny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Souvigny had 1,949 residents at the 2012 census and 1,698 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Souvigny’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 120 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.
Since 2012, Souvigny has changed by −13%, slower than 99% 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 two steps, −6% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Allier.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% 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
■ Souvigny 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6% in Souvigny and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 19%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 50% of compared French towns.
In Souvigny, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 88% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 66% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats: 20%, below two thirds of compared French towns.
€23,910 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 Souvigny is €23,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
In Souvigny, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 69% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Souvigny. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. In Souvigny, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Souvigny sits below 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.9%)
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 Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Put another way, about one in 38: 2.6% 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.
Married residents: 38%, a lower share than 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
Souvigny has more single residents than 52% of compared French towns, at 26%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 67% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Souvigny, 23%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,698 to 2,582
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.
1 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Souvigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souvigny | 50.7 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.9% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 6.8 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 6.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 7.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 16.4 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 18 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
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 Souvigny
What is the population of Souvigny?
1,698 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (1,949).
How old are Souvigny’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Souvigny?
84, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Souvigny?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Souvigny?
€23,910 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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