Crozant is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.1
Here 57% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. 14% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Crozant was home to 431 people in 250 households. For Crozant, the census puts flats at 1.6%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Crozant
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Crozant, 36% of its 510 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Crozant’s residents are under 63.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Crozant had 487 residents at the 2012 census and 431 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Crozant’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 36%, a higher share than 96% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Crozant, 15% of homes stand empty. Nearly one in ten households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Crozant changed by −11% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse. Here the change came as −8% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
In Crozant, 46% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Crozant 63.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Crozant comes in at 2.3%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.1% in Crozant, less 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.7 people. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 92% of compared French towns: 49%.
Median standard of living: €22,340 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 €22,340 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Crozant sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.1%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Crozant has 8.2%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Crozant sits above 74% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.9%)
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Crozant, 9.5%. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Crozant, 45%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 431 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Crozant (63.1).
Every neighbor is younger than Crozant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crozant | 63.1 | 46% | 36% | 9.5% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 11.7 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 14.7 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
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 Crozant
What is the population of Crozant?
431 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (487).
How old are Crozant’s residents?
The median age is 63.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.9% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crozant?
180, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crozant?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crozant?
€22,340 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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