In La Celette, 32% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 205 people lived in La Celette, in 87 households. About one in 67: that is how common flats are in La Celette (1.5%). The share of single-parent households is 24%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 La Celette
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Celette, 32% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Celette ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.7%
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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. 16% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. La Celette has more empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 7.1%.
La Celette’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 81% 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
The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +13%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
Half of La Celette is under 40.2, younger than 78% 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
■ La Celette 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 17%, La Celette is behind 80% of compared French towns on that count. Across La Celette, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children.
A median of €26,410 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,410 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 29%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.5%, La Celette is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 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.
La Celette sits below 79% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Married residents come to 42% in La Celette, about four in ten. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in La Celette, less than in 72% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 205 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as La Celette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Celette | 40.2 | 17% | 32% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 5.9 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 16.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 La Celette
What is the population of La Celette?
205 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (179).
How old are La Celette’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Celette?
47, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Celette?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Celette?
€26,410 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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