Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Nérondes is over 53.7
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Nérondes has 3%. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 8.4% of homes are flats. In 2023, the Census found 1,403 residents locally, living in 670 households. The share of second homes stands at 5.6%.
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 Nérondes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nérondes had 1,599 residents at the 2012 census and 1,403 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nérondes’ residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 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.
Nérondes changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −5% to 2023.
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Nérondes 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, below 90% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Nérondes ranks above 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 43%
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
Each household has 2 people on average. Fewer couples with children than in 75% of compared French towns: 20%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. By its share of single-parent households (8.2%), Nérondes is below 78% of compared French towns.
Nérondes sits above 95% 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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Nérondes. Across Nérondes, 17% of households have no car. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,020 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 Nérondes is €23,020 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Nérondes. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Nérondes
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals here. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Nérondes
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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% 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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,403 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nérondes sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nérondes | 53.7 | 34% | 5.6% | 1.2% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 6.8 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Avord 2,909 · 9 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 12.1 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 12.3 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 12.6 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 12.7 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
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 Nérondes
What is the population of Nérondes?
1,403 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (1,599).
How old are Nérondes’ residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nérondes?
47, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nérondes?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nérondes?
€23,020 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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