A median age of 55.7: Villecelin is older than 95% of compared French towns
In Villecelin, a third of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in nine here (11%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Cher town had 83 residents in 42 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.
What stands out about the people of Villecelin
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villecelin, 17% of its 60 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 86% 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
Villecelin had 108 residents at the 2012 census and 83 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Villecelin’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households have no car
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
The figure for second homes is 17% in Villecelin and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 94% of compared French towns: 14%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car.
Slower than most: −23% since 2012, behind 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −13%; 2017 to 2023, −12%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Cher town −4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villecelin 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Villecelin comes in at 32%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
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
There are 2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. On one-person households, Villecelin sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 44%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 91: 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals. Typically, 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.
Villecelin ranks below 94% of compared French towns on married residents: 33%
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
Single residents make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Villecelin, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Locally, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 83 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Villecelin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villecelin | 55.7 | 32% | 17% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 12.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 12.3 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 16.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 17.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
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 Villecelin
What is the population of Villecelin?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (108).
How old are Villecelin’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villecelin?
10, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villecelin?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). 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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