Levet ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 7% of homes are flats in Levet. On households in social housing, Levet sits lower than 76% of compared French towns: 7.1%. 1,357 residents in 620 households: that is Levet at the 2023 Census. For Levet, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 26%.
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.
Slower growth than 75% of compared French towns: Levet changed by −1% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cher town −4%.
A median age of 46.1: Levet is older than 64% 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
■ Levet 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% 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%.
One-person households make up 31% in Levet, less than in 70% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. On single-parent households, Levet sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children here.
Households without a car: 7.2%, a lower share than 72% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 60% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.9%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,800 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.
The median standard of living in Levet is €26,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, below 69% of compared French towns
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
Put another way, about one in 11: 8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Levet sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Levet
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: 50%, above 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,357 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Levet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levet | 46.1 | 24% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 7.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 8.3 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 8.6 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 10.3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 11 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 12.6 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
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 Levet
What is the population of Levet?
1,357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,373).
How old are Levet’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Levet?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Levet?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Levet?
€26,800 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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