Photo: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Saint-Florent-sur-Cher is over 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Saint-Florent-sur-Cher has 19%. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 5.3% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. 6,463 residents in 3,180 households: that is Saint-Florent-sur-Cher at the 2023 Census. The census found that 14% of households have no car in the town.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 79% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Florent-sur-Cher: −2%
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
Over those years, the median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then −1% to 2023.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% 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
■ Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% 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
There are 2 people in the average household. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 9.2%, a higher share than 74% 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
Flats make up 21%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 14% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3%, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,860 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.
Living standards centre on €23,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 14.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, 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
In Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
4.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 53% 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.
Immigrants account for 6.7%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher ranks below 72% of compared French towns on married residents: 39%
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 Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, 28% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 6,408 to 6,527 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.
The youngest is La Tronche (34.9), the oldest Arès (57.5).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Florent-sur-Cher
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 6.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 9.4 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 9.5 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 10.3 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 12.4 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
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 Saint-Florent-sur-Cher
What is the population of Saint-Florent-sur-Cher?
6,463 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (6,617).
How old are Saint-Florent-sur-Cher’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher?
110, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher?
INSEE counts 440 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher?
€23,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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