A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
By its share of one-person households (23%), Morthomiers is below 97% of compared French towns. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a retired person. 3.5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The town had 845 residents in 360 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Morthomiers
A young town
Half of Morthomiers’ residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+14% since 2012, a pace 80% of compared French towns didn’t match
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, +3% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Cher.
A median age of 38.5: Morthomiers is younger than 86% 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
■ Morthomiers 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
15% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Morthomiers: 15% of households are single parents, above 94% 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 average household has 2.4 people. 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Morthomiers sits below 85% of compared French towns for households in social housing (5.3%)
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
6.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 1.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,720 a year in standard of living
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.
At €27,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 67% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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 Morthomiers comes in at 12%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 86% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Morthomiers has 1.4%. Typically, 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 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
Married residents make up 40%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 make up 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 845 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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).
Morthomiers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morthomiers | 38.5 | 15% | 1.5% | 2.6% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 3.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 3.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 4.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 6.4 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 6.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 7.6 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 Morthomiers
What is the population of Morthomiers?
845 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (741).
How old are Morthomiers’ residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morthomiers?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morthomiers?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Morthomiers?
€27,720 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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