Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are flats
0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 414 people lived in Uzay-le-Venon, in 190 households. The census found that 3% of households have no car in the town.
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 Uzay-le-Venon
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uzay-le-Venon, 11% of its 240 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
13% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 66% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Cher town −4%.
Half of Uzay-le-Venon is over 47, older than 69% 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
■ Uzay-le-Venon 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In Uzay-le-Venon, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.4% locally.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 22%
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
8% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households: nearly a third of the total.
Half above, half below €24,750 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,750 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Uzay-le-Venon has 35%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Uzay-le-Venon, less than in 94% 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.7%, Uzay-le-Venon is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Uzay-le-Venon
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 residents: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Uzay-le-Venon has 23%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 414 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Uzay-le-Venon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzay-le-Venon | 47 | 21% | 11% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 6.2 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 7.4 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 15.9 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 15.9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
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 Uzay-le-Venon
What is the population of Uzay-le-Venon?
414 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (410).
How old are Uzay-le-Venon’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uzay-le-Venon?
27, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uzay-le-Venon?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uzay-le-Venon?
€24,750 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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