Households in social housing: 1.5%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Menetou-Salon comes in at 7.3%. The town had 1,626 residents in 780 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of households are single parents. Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, more than in 85% 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 Menetou-Salon
Empty homes
The census found 150 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 79% of compared French towns grew faster than Menetou-Salon: −2%
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
The median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six +1%.
A median age of 49.3: Menetou-Salon is older than 80% 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
■ Menetou-Salon 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 79% of compared French towns: 28%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
One-person households make up 37% in Menetou-Salon, more than in 58% 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children here.
Menetou-Salon sits above 96% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 5.8% of homes are second homes here. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.6% of homes are flats. Menetou-Salon has more households without a car than 63% of compared French towns, at 13%.
At the median, €26,510 a year to live on
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 Menetou-Salon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Menetou-Salon ranks below 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.2%
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 seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Menetou-Salon ranks below 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.8%, below 82% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Menetou-Salon has 47%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Menetou-Salon ranks above 66% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 22%
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
Graduates of higher education: 26%, below 65% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Menetou-Salon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menetou-Salon | 49.3 | 28% | 5.8% | 3% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 4.5 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 10.4 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 11 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 13.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 14 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 Menetou-Salon
What is the population of Menetou-Salon?
1,626 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,664).
How old are Menetou-Salon’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menetou-Salon?
58, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menetou-Salon?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menetou-Salon?
€26,510 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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