2.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Lazenay has 3.9%. The town has fewer couples with children than 86% of compared French towns, at 17%. At the 2023 Census Lazenay was home to 276 people in 140 households. Census figures put second homes at 9% in the 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 Lazenay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lazenay had 353 residents at the 2012 census and 276 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −22% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Cher. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −19% to 2023.
A median age of 48: Lazenay is older than 74% 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
■ Lazenay 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Lazenay has 10%. Still, on residents aged 65 and over, Lazenay sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 20% in Lazenay, more than in 99% 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
The typical household size is 2 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Lazenay (36%).
3.6% of households have no car, below 96% 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
In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Fewer households in social housing than in 90% of compared French towns: 4%. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Lazenay has 15%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,530 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.
At €26,530 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). 3.9% of Lazenay’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 29% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 4% of residents are immigrants in Lazenay. That is lower than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 Lazenay, 42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 58% 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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Lazenay sits below 89% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Lazenay sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazenay | 48 | 23% | 9% | 4% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 8.4 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 8.7 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 9.1 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 9.4 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 11 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 11.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
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 Lazenay
What is the population of Lazenay?
276 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (353).
How old are Lazenay’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lazenay?
17, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lazenay?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lazenay?
€26,530 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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