Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Neuilly-en-Dun is over 60.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 228 residents in Neuilly-en-Dun, living in 120 households. Flats: 2.2% of the total. Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Neuilly-en-Dun comes in at 8.7%.
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 Neuilly-en-Dun
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Neuilly-en-Dun, 23% of its 180 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Neuilly-en-Dun’s residents are under 60.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Neuilly-en-Dun had 254 residents at the 2012 census and 228 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Neuilly-en-Dun ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 23%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 4.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. More empty homes than in 91% of compared French towns: 13%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of households have no car here.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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, −12% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Cher.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neuilly-en-Dun 60.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
22% of households are couples with children, below 66% 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
8.7% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly two in five households are one person living alone.
A median standard of living of €22,180 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Neuilly-en-Dun, more than in 81% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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 2.6% of residents are immigrants in Neuilly-en-Dun
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 45.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
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
In Neuilly-en-Dun, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns: 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Neuilly-en-Dun has 28%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 228 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as old as Neuilly-en-Dun
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuilly-en-Dun | 60.4 | 40% | 23% | 2.6% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 6.7 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 11.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 13 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 14.1 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Avord 2,909 · 17.7 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
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 Neuilly-en-Dun
What is the population of Neuilly-en-Dun?
228 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (254).
How old are Neuilly-en-Dun’s residents?
The median age is 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.2% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neuilly-en-Dun?
41, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neuilly-en-Dun?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neuilly-en-Dun?
€22,180 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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