Loye-sur-Arnon is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.6
In Loye-sur-Arnon, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. This Cher town had 305 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 0.4% of homes are flats in the town. 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 Loye-sur-Arnon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loye-sur-Arnon, 23% of its 230 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Loye-sur-Arnon’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 23% in Loye-sur-Arnon, more than in 94% 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
The share of empty homes is 12%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Loye-sur-Arnon, one in ten households have no car.
From 2012 to 2023, 71% of compared French towns grew faster than Loye-sur-Arnon: ±0%
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 those years, the median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Loye-sur-Arnon, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% 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
■ Loye-sur-Arnon 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Loye-sur-Arnon comes in at 9%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 84% 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 share of single-parent households trails 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 43%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,160 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 96% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Loye-sur-Arnon comes in at 10%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.5% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Loye-sur-Arnon (6.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Loye-sur-Arnon. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Loye-sur-Arnon
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 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 305 to 2,582
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).
Loye-sur-Arnon and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loye-sur-Arnon | 53.6 | 31% | 23% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 7.7 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
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 Loye-sur-Arnon
What is the population of Loye-sur-Arnon?
305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (306).
How old are Loye-sur-Arnon’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loye-sur-Arnon?
53, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loye-sur-Arnon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loye-sur-Arnon?
€23,160 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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