A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
By its share of second homes (9.6%), Gron is above 88% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 470 residents and 210 households in the town. Here, 3% of households have no car. 7% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 97% 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 Gron
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gron had 491 residents at the 2012 census and 470 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Gron changed by −4% since 2012
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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Gron, less than in 82% 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
■ Gron 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Gron’s residents are under 42.9, younger than in 59% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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
Here 30% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Locally, 7.7% of households are single parents. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Gron, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty here. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 14% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,090 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 Gron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,090 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
For Gron, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. On households headed by a retired person, Gron sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 33%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gron sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (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.
In Gron, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Gron, less than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Gron comes in at 49%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Gron, less than in 67% 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
The census found that 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Gron. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 470 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Gron: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gron | 42.9 | 17% | 9.6% | 1.7% |
| Avord 2,909 · 6.9 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 12 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 14 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 15.3 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 16 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 16.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
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 Gron
What is the population of Gron?
470 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (491).
How old are Gron’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gron?
26, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gron?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gron?
€27,090 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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