Only 1.5% of homes are flats in Allouis
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Allouis has 2.9%. This Cher town counted 1,036 residents and 420 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 19%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 57% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Cher. Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Allouis 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Allouis is 42.1, lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Here, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Allouis, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.7% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Allouis ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1%
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
Empty homes: 7.7% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 2.2% of the total.
Median living standard: €26,900 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 €26,900 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 29%, a lower share than 70% 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
Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Nearly a fifth of Allouis’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 29% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
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.
Immigrants: 4.8% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education account for 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,036 to 2,582 people), the 9th youngest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Allouis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allouis | 42.1 | 17% | 2.2% | 4.8% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 1.8 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 8 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 8.1 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 8.1 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 8.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 8.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
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 Allouis
What is the population of Allouis?
1,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (973).
How old are Allouis’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allouis?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allouis?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Allouis?
€26,900 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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