In Méry-sur-Cher, 0.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households have no car in Méry-sur-Cher. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 690 residents and 300 households here. The census found that 28% of households are headed by a manual worker here.
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.
Méry-sur-Cher changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 69% 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 −2%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Méry-sur-Cher is older than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Méry-sur-Cher 46. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Méry-sur-Cher, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Méry-sur-Cher: 32% of households are couples with children, above 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Méry-sur-Cher has 29%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
More second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 11% in Méry-sur-Cher.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,850 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,850 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 21% in Méry-sur-Cher, less than in 93% 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
Across Méry-sur-Cher, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Méry-sur-Cher has 2%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Méry-sur-Cher ranks below 94% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Méry-sur-Cher comes in at 50%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%
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: 16%, below just over two thirds of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 690 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Méry-sur-Cher
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méry-sur-Cher | 46 | 24% | 7.8% | 1.8% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 4.5 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 5.2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 10.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Salbris 4,809 · 12.8 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 6.5% | 9.2% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 13.4 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 13.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
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 Méry-sur-Cher
What is the population of Méry-sur-Cher?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (689).
How old are Méry-sur-Cher’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méry-sur-Cher?
29, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méry-sur-Cher?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Méry-sur-Cher?
€25,850 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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