Households headed by a retired person make up 48% in Chéry, more than in 96% of compared French towns
With single-parent households at 4.7%, Chéry is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. 233 residents in 100 households: that is Chéry at the 2023 Census. For Chéry, the census puts second homes at 5.5%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 93% 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 Chéry
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Chéry ahead of 63% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +9%.
Chéry: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 64% 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
■ Chéry 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.5, Chéry is younger than 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% 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
Households average 2.3 people. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of households have no car in Chéry.
Median standard of living: €24,190 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 €24,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Chéry sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (28%)
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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 95% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 73% 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
In Chéry, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Chéry, 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (22%), Chéry is above 66% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Chéry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéry | 42.5 | 25% | 5.5% | 1.7% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 4.9 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 7.3 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 8.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 12.1 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 13.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 14 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 Chéry
What is the population of Chéry?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (216).
How old are Chéry’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chéry?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chéry?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chéry?
€24,190 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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