0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (22%), Le Subdray is below 98% of compared French towns. Locally, 2.2% of households have no car. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 3.9%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. Its 370 households held 967 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Le Subdray
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 80% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Cher town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Subdray 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Le Subdray is older than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Le Subdray (11%).
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Le Subdray, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 94% 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
Households average 2.4 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. 8.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns.
1.5% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 62% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.1% moved in within the last two years. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €31,980 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,980 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Le Subdray sits below 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (25%)
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (8.1%), Le Subdray is below 87% of compared French towns. Still, the town has more households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 16%. Measured more widely, 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).
More foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 9%
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.
One in ten residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Across Le Subdray, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Le Subdray comes in at 15%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Le Subdray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Subdray | 45.1 | 16% | 1.5% | 9.9% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 2.6 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 3.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 3.7 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 6.9 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 7.1 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 9.6 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
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 Le Subdray
What is the population of Le Subdray?
967 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (993).
How old are Le Subdray’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Subdray?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Subdray?
INSEE counts 96 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 87 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Subdray?
€31,980 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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