Only 1% of homes are flats in Senneçay
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Senneçay has 3.3%. 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 443, in 180 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 Senneçay
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Senneçay changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Cher.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 72% 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
■ Senneçay 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.5, Senneçay is younger than 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Senneçay sits below 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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 Senneçay, 33% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of households are single parents.
A smaller share of empty homes than 67% of compared French towns: 5.5%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Second homes are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,480 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 €28,480 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Only 25% of households are headed by a retired person in Senneçay
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 manual worker make up 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
In Senneçay, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 93% 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
The census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Senneçay. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 443 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Senneçay sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senneçay | 43.5 | 19% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 6.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 7.7 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 9.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 9.6 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 9.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 10.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
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 Senneçay
What is the population of Senneçay?
443 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (458).
How old are Senneçay’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Senneçay?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Senneçay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Senneçay?
€28,480 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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