Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
26% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Crosses had 375 residents in 160 households at the 2023 census. In Crosses, 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Single-parent households are rarer here 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 Crosses
A young town
Half of Crosses’ residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 57% of compared French towns didn’t match
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: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Younger than 87% of compared French towns: half of Crosses is under 38.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Crosses 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For Crosses, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 29% of households are one person living alone in Crosses
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Crosses has 29%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Households without a car: 5.8%, a lower share than 82% 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
One in ten homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 22%.
A median standard of living of €26,870 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 €26,870 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Crosses ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 26%
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, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. To put it in context, 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).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Crosses has 0.3%. For comparison, 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.
More married residents than 70% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Crosses has 32%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no 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.
Crosses is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosses | 38.4 | 19% | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Avord 2,909 · 3.7 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 7.7 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 8.5 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 9.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 10 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 12 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 Crosses
What is the population of Crosses?
375 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (352).
How old are Crosses’ residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crosses?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crosses?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crosses?
€26,870 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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