Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Rezay is over 56.6
With households without a car at 3%, Rezay is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 204 residents here, living in 100 households. Put another way, about one in 11: 9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Rezay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rezay, 30% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Rezay’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rezay had 226 residents at the 2012 census and 204 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 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.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 15% of homes stand empty in Rezay.
Rezay changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Rezay: 35% of residents are 65 or over, above 94% 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
■ Rezay 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Rezay, 7.4%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Rezay, 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Rezay has 40%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. The average household has 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €23,230 a year to live on
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 €23,230 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 88% 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
29% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.5% in Rezay, less than in 59% 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.
The census found that 4.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Rezay. 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.
More married residents than 67% of compared French towns: 45%
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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Rezay. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Rezay sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 22% in Rezay and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 204 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rezay is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rezay | 56.6 | 35% | 30% | 5.5% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 11.2 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.1 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 17.7 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 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 Rezay
What is the population of Rezay?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (226).
How old are Rezay’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rezay?
57, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rezay?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rezay?
€23,230 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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