Ids-Saint-Roch is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.2
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 3.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 295 residents in 150 households. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Ids-Saint-Roch
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ids-Saint-Roch, 29% of its 250 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Ids-Saint-Roch’s residents are under 60.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ids-Saint-Roch had 317 residents at the 2012 census and 295 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ids-Saint-Roch ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 29%
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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Here, 3.2% of homes are flats. Few places have as many empty homes: 9% here, more than in 72% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 93% of compared French towns grew faster than Ids-Saint-Roch: −7%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Ids-Saint-Roch 60.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 37% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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%.
Ids-Saint-Roch ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.2%
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
Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 3.2% are single parents with their children (10%). There are 1.9 people in the average household. One-person households are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,580 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.
Living standards centre on €21,580 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 23%
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
39% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4% in Ids-Saint-Roch, less than in 74% 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 70% of compared French towns: 2.7%. The usual figure: 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.
In Ids-Saint-Roch, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Ids-Saint-Roch. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Ids-Saint-Roch has 23%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 295 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Ids-Saint-Roch is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ids-Saint-Roch | 60.2 | 37% | 29% | 4% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 12 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 15.8 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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 Ids-Saint-Roch
What is the population of Ids-Saint-Roch?
295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (317).
How old are Ids-Saint-Roch’s residents?
The median age is 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ids-Saint-Roch?
73, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ids-Saint-Roch?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ids-Saint-Roch?
€21,580 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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