In Torteron, 1.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Torteron, 3.3%. 4.5% of homes are flats, or about one in 22. Few places have as many empty homes: 11% here, more than in 83% of compared French towns. The town is home to 785 residents in 360 households, by 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 Torteron
Fewer residents than in 2012
Torteron had 823 residents at the 2012 census and 785 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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 −3% and the next six −1%.
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Torteron 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Torteron is older than 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Torteron, more than in 61% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Torteron sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 9.7%. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone locally.
Torteron ranks above 85% of compared French towns on second homes: 8%
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
With households without a car at 9.4%, Torteron is behind 57% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,690 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 €23,690 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Torteron, more than in 71% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Torteron. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Torteron, 1.9%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Married people make up 46% and PACS partners 4.6%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.7% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Torteron sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (15%)
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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 785 to 2,582 people, the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Torteron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torteron | 45.1 | 23% | 8% | 3.7% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 4.9 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 5.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 6 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 6 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 8.3 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 9 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
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 Torteron
What is the population of Torteron?
785 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (823).
How old are Torteron’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Torteron?
36, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Torteron?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Torteron?
€23,690 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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