More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 36%
The share of flats is 1.4%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 95% of compared French towns. Saint-Jeanvrin had 169 residents in 81 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 20% of households are couples with children 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Jeanvrin
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Jeanvrin, 36% of its 140 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Saint-Jeanvrin’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 61% of compared French towns: 8.8% of households have no car
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
Just over a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 1.2% moved in within the last two years. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 7.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 72% 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 median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −11% and the next six +11%.
Saint-Jeanvrin is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Jeanvrin 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
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.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.1 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,770 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,770 a year: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Saint-Jeanvrin ranks below 54% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 13%
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. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Jeanvrin, 6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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 median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 7.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns: 48%
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 share of single residents stands at 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Saint-Jeanvrin ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Jeanvrin. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 169 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 young as Saint-Jeanvrin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jeanvrin | 53.3 | 30% | 36% | 7.8% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 11.9 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 15.8 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
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-Jeanvrin
What is the population of Saint-Jeanvrin?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (170).
How old are Saint-Jeanvrin’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Jeanvrin?
52, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Jeanvrin?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Jeanvrin?
€23,770 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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