A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 648 residents and 310 households in Lury-sur-Arnon. The census found that 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) 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 Lury-sur-Arnon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lury-sur-Arnon, 12% of its 390 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lury-sur-Arnon had 714 residents at the 2012 census and 648 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes in Lury-sur-Arnon are second homes
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
Empty homes make up 8.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Cher town −4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Half of Lury-sur-Arnon is over 50.3, older than 84% 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
■ Lury-sur-Arnon 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Lury-sur-Arnon has 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Lury-sur-Arnon ranks below 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 22%
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
One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€23,510 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Lury-sur-Arnon is €23,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 account for 15%. 1.6% of Lury-sur-Arnon’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Lury-sur-Arnon. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lury-sur-Arnon sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Lury-sur-Arnon and 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 648 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Lury-sur-Arnon are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lury-sur-Arnon | 50.3 | 28% | 12% | 1.7% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 4.1 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 6.5 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 7.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 13 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 13.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 13.3 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 Lury-sur-Arnon
What is the population of Lury-sur-Arnon?
648 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (714).
How old are Lury-sur-Arnon’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lury-sur-Arnon?
47, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lury-sur-Arnon?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lury-sur-Arnon?
€23,510 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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