Half of Colombiers is over 53, older than 91% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (27%), Colombiers is below 88% of compared French towns. The town had 409 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 3.8% of the total. 6.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 83% 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 Colombiers
An older town
Half of Colombiers’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Colombiers behind 65% 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
Colombiers ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Colombiers 53. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 24%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Colombiers sits below 81% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.6%)
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
At the median, €26,520 a year to live on
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 €26,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8.1% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (30%). The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2%, below 76% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (409 to 2,582 people), the 8th oldest
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.
Colombiers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombiers | 53 | 26% | 6.8% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 2.5 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 12.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 Colombiers
What is the population of Colombiers?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (404).
How old are Colombiers’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colombiers?
14, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colombiers?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colombiers?
€26,520 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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