Half of Sancergues is over 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 47%, above 95% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households rent social housing (HLM). On one-person households, Sancergues sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 45%. The town had 620 residents in 330 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Sancergues
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 61 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sancergues, 14% of its 450 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sancergues had 697 residents at the 2012 census and 620 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sancergues’ residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 62 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sancergues: 14% of homes are second homes, above 90% 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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% of homes are flats.
Sancergues changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cher town −4%.
In Sancergues, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Sancergues 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.5% in Sancergues and 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Couples with children: 15%, a lower share than 90% 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
The typical household size is 1.9 people. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 7.6% of households are single parents.
The median resident lives on €21,360 a year per consumption unit
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 €21,360 a year: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Sancergues ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.5%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Sancergues, 1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 92% 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 lower than in 92% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1% 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 larger share of single residents than 58% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Sancergues, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Sancergues, 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Sancergues has 29%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Sancergues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancergues | 54.7 | 34% | 14% | 1.9% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 5.5 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 11.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 12.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Guérigny 2,505 · 14.2 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 14.3 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 14.4 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
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 Sancergues
What is the population of Sancergues?
620 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (697).
How old are Sancergues’ residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sancergues?
61, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sancergues?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sancergues?
€21,360 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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