Fewer single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns: 5.7%
With flats at 8.8%, Cherisy is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 1,842 residents in the town, living in 810 households. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. More households headed by a manual worker than in 84% of compared French towns: 20%.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Cherisy behind 69% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure-et-Loir town −1%.
Cherisy is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cherisy 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Cherisy.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 29% here, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 87% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. Set beside that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, more than in 72% of compared French towns. Households in social housing: 6% here and 12% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,290 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €28,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Cherisy: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 58% of compared French towns
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of Cherisy’s residents are immigrants
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 Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 16 here (6.1%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.5%, about the same as 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.
Cherisy sits above 96% of compared French towns for married residents (52%)
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
With single residents at 19%, Cherisy is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 come to 20% in Cherisy, about two in ten. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 21st 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.
Older than Cherisy: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherisy | 45.6 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.1% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 2.8 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 4.1 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 1.4% | 19% |
| Anet 2,721 · 7.2 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 7.9 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Houdan 3,721 · 8.3 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 4,058 · 8.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
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 Cherisy
What is the population of Cherisy?
1,842 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,839).
How old are Cherisy’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cherisy?
36, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cherisy?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cherisy?
€28,290 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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