Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are second homes
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 50%. The 2023 Census counted 65 residents in 31 households. Empty homes make up about one in 14 here (7%). The median age in Sévry is 49.8, higher than in 82% 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 Sévry
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sévry, 21% of its 43 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sévry had 76 residents at the 2012 census and 65 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 9.2% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in five in Sévry is a second home
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.7% moved in within the last two years.
Since 2012, Sévry has changed by −14%, slower than 99% 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 15 to 24 make up 14% in Sévry, 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
■ Sévry 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Sévry has 28%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Sévry, more than in 88% 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%; Sévry has 33%. The average household has 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Sévry: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Sévry’s residents
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 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 81% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents 15 and over are single in Sévry. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Sévry, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 69% 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
Put another way, about one in five: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 65 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Sévry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sévry | 49.8 | 28% | 21% | 0% |
| Avord 2,909 · 10.1 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 10.6 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 14.4 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 14.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 15.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 15.4 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 Sévry
What is the population of Sévry?
65 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (76).
How old are Sévry’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sévry?
9, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sévry?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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