Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes are flats
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Here, 23% of households are one person living alone. Pigny has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.7%. At the 2023 Census, 966 people lived locally, in 390 households.
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 Pigny
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Pigny outgrew 82% of compared French towns: +15%
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
Pigny is younger than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pigny 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Pigny, 19%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, more than in 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.1% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 0.8% in Pigny, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%. 5.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 28% have been in their home 30 years or more. Pigny has fewer empty homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 6.4%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,460 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.
At €28,460 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 68% of compared French towns: 13%. Here, 35% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.9% of residents are immigrants in Pigny
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 nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Across Pigny, 3% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
53% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 92% of compared French towns
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
In Pigny, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 966 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Pigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigny | 40.7 | 19% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 3 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 5 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 5.7 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 6.2 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 10 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
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 Pigny
What is the population of Pigny?
966 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (838).
How old are Pigny’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pigny?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pigny?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pigny?
€28,460 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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