Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
3% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 14 here (7.3%). Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.2% of homes are second homes. The 2023 Census put Blancafort’s population at 998, in 500 households.
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 Blancafort
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blancafort had 1,142 residents at the 2012 census and 998 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−13% since 2012, a pace below 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
The median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six −4%.
A median age of 50.4: Blancafort is older than 84% 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
■ Blancafort 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 28%, Blancafort is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 39%, a higher share than 66% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Blancafort: 17% of homes stand empty, above 97% 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
Some 9.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 26% who have been there 30 years or more. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of households have no car. Few places have so few households in social housing: 11% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,240 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Blancafort sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (31%)
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 manager or professional: 4.9%, below 86% of compared French towns. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 41% here, more than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2%, Blancafort is behind 79% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 87% 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
Married residents: 41% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 97% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Blancafort has 28%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Blancafort are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blancafort | 50.4 | 28% | 8.2% | 3% |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère 5,451 · 5.4 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 10.8 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Gien 13,459 · 12.2 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
| Briare 4,911 · 12.2 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 16.8 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 17.6 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
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 Blancafort
What is the population of Blancafort?
998 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (1,142).
How old are Blancafort’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blancafort?
54, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blancafort?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blancafort?
€24,240 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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