A median age of 55.5: Sury-en-Vaux is older than 95% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing trails 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%. The census found that 1.5% of homes are flats in Sury-en-Vaux. Lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 7.7% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 680 residents in 300 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 Sury-en-Vaux
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sury-en-Vaux, 17% of its 470 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Sury-en-Vaux’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 96 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sury-en-Vaux had 712 residents at the 2012 census and 680 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Sury-en-Vaux, 20% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
17% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 38% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Sury-en-Vaux has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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
Sury-en-Vaux sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sury-en-Vaux 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 35% of residents are 65 or over in Sury-en-Vaux. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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
One-person households: 38% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. There are 2 people in the average household.
Median standard of living: €30,840 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 €30,840 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Sury-en-Vaux ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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 Sury-en-Vaux, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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.
Put another way, about one in 22: 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With graduates of higher education at 23%, Sury-en-Vaux is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 680 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Sury-en-Vaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sury-en-Vaux | 55.5 | 35% | 17% | 4.9% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 6.4 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 15.2 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 16.4 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
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 Sury-en-Vaux
What is the population of Sury-en-Vaux?
680 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (712).
How old are Sury-en-Vaux’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sury-en-Vaux?
79, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sury-en-Vaux?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sury-en-Vaux?
€30,840 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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