Only 2.6% of households have no car in Cuffy
With households in social housing at 3.1%, Cuffy is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. The census found that 3.3% of homes are flats locally. The median age in the town is 48.2, higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. There were 470 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,020 residents.
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 Cuffy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cuffy had 1,109 residents at the 2012 census and 1,020 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 95% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cher town −4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, a lower share 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
■ Cuffy 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Cuffy and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Cuffy ranks below 77% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8.2%
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
28% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 32% of the total. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
9% of homes are second homes, a share 87% 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
The share of empty homes tops 86% of compared French towns: 12%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Of all households, 4.5% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more.
Standard of living at the median: €27,420 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 Cuffy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,420 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Cuffy comes in at 36%. Add to that, more households headed by a manager or professional than in 57% of compared French towns: 11%. Set beside that, 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 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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.
The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 77.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cuffy ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Cuffy. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Cuffy ranks below 85% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
In Cuffy, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Cuffy and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuffy | 48.2 | 24% | 9% | 1.8% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 2.8 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 4.6 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 4.7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 5.3 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 6 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 6.1 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Cuffy
What is the population of Cuffy?
1,020 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,109).
How old are Cuffy’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuffy?
53, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuffy?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuffy?
€27,420 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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