Younger than 99% of compared French towns: half of Avord is under 32.5
Households headed by a retired person: 22%, below 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Avord’s population at 2,909, in 1,040 households. Census figures put flats at 14% in the town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 90% 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.
What stands out about the people of Avord
A young town
Half of Avord’s residents are under 32.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 18% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
45% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 16% rent privately and 37% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Avord ahead of 51% 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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 11% in Avord, less than in 98% 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
■ Avord 32.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Avord has 18%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 68% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Avord has 28%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Avord sits above 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (45%)
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Avord comes in at 0.9%. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 10%. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 13%, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
€22,360 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Avord’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 86% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 19.0%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 76% of compared French towns: 3.7% of residents are immigrants
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 Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 2.3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of married residents (33%), Avord is below 95% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Avord, less than in 82% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 2,884 to 2,934 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
Avord is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avord | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 8.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 11.1 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 12 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 13 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 14 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 15.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
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 Avord
What is the population of Avord?
2,909 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,769).
How old are Avord’s residents?
The median age is 32.5, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avord?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avord?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avord?
€22,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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