A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
The share of households in social housing trails 95% of compared French towns: 2.7%. One-person households account for 27%. 5% of households have no car, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. Trouy had 4,055 residents in 1,800 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.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 52% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Cher town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Trouy is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Trouy 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops two thirds of compared French towns: 25%. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 7.3% of households are single parents
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 2.3 people each. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 69% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children.
In Trouy, 3.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 94% 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
9.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. At 1%, the share of second homes is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €28,750 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,750 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Trouy sits above 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (14%)
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 73% of compared French towns: 11%. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 67% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten 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).
Trouy sits below 89% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.3%)
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.
3.2% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 76% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 31%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 4,026 to 4,081
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Chevry-Cossigny (38.5), the youngest, and Le Croisic (65.7), the oldest.
Trouy and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trouy | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 3.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 5 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 6.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 7.1 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 10.3 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
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 Trouy
What is the population of Trouy?
4,055 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,890).
How old are Trouy’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trouy?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trouy?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trouy?
€28,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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