A larger share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
In Cerbois, 3.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 170 households held 393 residents at the 2023 Census. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in four. Flats are rarer here 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.
What stands out about the people of Cerbois
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cerbois, 12% of its 220 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Cerbois had 453 residents at the 2012 census and 393 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 2.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Cerbois’ residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes are second homes, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 6.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. At 9.6%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 77% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Cerbois, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM).
Cerbois changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Cher town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
Younger than 86% of compared French towns: half of Cerbois is under 38.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cerbois 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Across Cerbois, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.9% of households are single parents
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 is 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Standard of living at the median: €24,780 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 €24,780 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cerbois ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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 2.1%, Cerbois is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 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.
Cerbois sits below 79% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Cerbois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerbois | 38.5 | 17% | 12% | 3.9% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 5.9 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 6.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 8 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 10.7 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 11.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 12.3 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
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 Cerbois
What is the population of Cerbois?
393 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (453).
How old are Cerbois’ residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cerbois?
26, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cerbois?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cerbois?
€24,780 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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