Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Givardon is over 56.8
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 300 people lived in Givardon, in 140 households. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 6.1% in the town. 0.8% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%).
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 Givardon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Givardon, 29% of its 250 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Givardon’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
29% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Of all households, 0.7% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. Givardon has more empty homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Givardon changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 78% 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 −3%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Givardon 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a third of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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 2.1 people. On one-person households, Givardon sits lower than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. By its share of couples with children (26%), Givardon is above 54% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €20,360 a year in standard of living
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 Givardon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
In Givardon, 46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 56% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, 6.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 91% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Givardon. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Givardon sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 30% in Givardon and 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 300 to 2,582 people
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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Givardon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givardon | 56.8 | 33% | 29% | 6.1% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 4.9 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 10.1 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 12.3 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Avord 2,909 · 16.1 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.5 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 16.5 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
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 Givardon
What is the population of Givardon?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (306).
How old are Givardon’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Givardon?
72, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Givardon?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Givardon?
€20,360 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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