Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.7% of households have no car
The figure for flats is 3.1% in Vouzeron and 30% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 578 residents and 240 households in the town. Here, 8% of homes are second homes. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
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.
Vouzeron grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 70% 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
■ Vouzeron 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Vouzeron’s residents are over 46.5, older than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
2.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Vouzeron, 28%. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
9.4% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,200 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,200 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Vouzeron sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (22%)
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
28% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 69% of compared French towns: 13%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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 81% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 45 here (2.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 71% of compared French towns
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: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Vouzeron, 13% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education make up 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Vouzeron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouzeron | 46.5 | 19% | 8% | 3.1% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 7 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 8.5 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 9 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 10.1 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 13.3 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Salbris 4,809 · 13.4 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 6.5% | 9.2% |
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 Vouzeron
What is the population of Vouzeron?
578 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (549).
How old are Vouzeron’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouzeron?
23, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouzeron?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouzeron?
€27,200 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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