In Azy, 1.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
4.5% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns. Azy’s 200 households held 450 residents at the 2023 Census. In Azy, 7.3% of households are single parents.
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 Azy
Empty homes
The census found 64 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Azy had 489 residents at the 2012 census and 450 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Azy has changed by −8%, slower than 95% 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
The median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six +1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Azy 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Azy is 48.4, higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
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%.
More couples with children than 57% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 34% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,120 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.
At €25,120 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Azy, 29%. A fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 81% of compared French towns. For comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Azy, less than in 94% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Azy. The usual figure: 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.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Locally, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Azy, less than in 88% 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 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 450 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Azy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azy | 48.4 | 25% | 9.2% | 1.8% |
| Avord 2,909 · 10.9 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 12.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 14.5 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 14.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 16.3 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 17.2 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
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 Azy
What is the population of Azy?
450 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (489).
How old are Azy’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azy?
27, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azy?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azy?
€25,120 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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