Achères ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.5%
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Achères sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 2.9%. The town had 326 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households without a car at 1.2% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Achères
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Achères, 16% of its 230 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 89% 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
Achères had 378 residents at the 2012 census and 326 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Achères’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes in Achères are second homes
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
4.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, the share of empty homes is 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Achères’s population moved −14% on 2012, less than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
Achères is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 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
■ Achères 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households tops two thirds of compared French towns: 39%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Here, 22% of households are couples with children.
The median resident lives on €26,600 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,600 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Achères sits above 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (51%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Achères has 21%. On average, 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).
Achères sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (3%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Achères comes in at 1.5%. The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Achères ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
Compared with other places, married residents are scarce here: 42%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 71% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Achères. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 326 to 2,582 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 Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Achères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achères | 52.2 | 26% | 16% | 3% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 5.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 12.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 12.5 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 13.5 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 14.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère 5,451 · 14.6 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
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 Achères
What is the population of Achères?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (378).
How old are Achères’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Achères?
36, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Achères?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Achères?
€26,600 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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