More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 23%
Households headed by a retired person: 49%, above 97% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 269 residents in Morlac, living in 130 households. Census figures put flats at 1.4% here. This Cher town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns, at 8.1%.
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 Morlac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Morlac, 14% of its 220 homes: higher than in 91% 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
Morlac had 331 residents at the 2012 census and 269 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 50 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Morlac’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in Morlac 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
5.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car trails 64% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
−19% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Cher.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Morlac is over 52.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Morlac 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Morlac is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 63% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are more common here than in two thirds of compared French towns. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €20,910 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 Morlac is €20,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Morlac ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.5%
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
A quarter of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 48%
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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Across Morlac, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 269 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.
Morlac is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morlac | 52.3 | 32% | 14% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 9.2 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 16.4 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 Morlac
What is the population of Morlac?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (331).
How old are Morlac’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morlac?
31, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morlac?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Morlac?
€20,910 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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