Below 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents are 65 or over in Cérons. Couples with children come to 30% here, about three in ten. Few places have so few households in social housing: 8.9% here, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. 2,126 residents in 920 households: that is Cérons at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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.
+7% since 2012, a pace 60% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Younger than 55% of compared French towns: half of Cérons is under 43.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cérons 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Cérons ranks above 87% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 13%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
Only 7.9% of households have no car in Cérons
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
More empty homes than in 53% of compared French towns: 6.9%. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2% of homes are second homes in Cérons.
At the median, €26,080 a year to live on
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 €26,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns: 29%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Cérons has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 54% of compared French towns, at 8.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 5.2% of 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.
Fewer foreign nationals than in 58% of compared French towns: 3.5%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, below 59% 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
Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Cérons, less than in 56% 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
The census found that 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Cérons. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,126 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Cérons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cérons | 43.3 | 18% | 2% | 5.2% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 1.5 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 1.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Portets 2,618 · 5.7 mi | 45 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 6.3 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 6.6 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Selve 3,746 · 7.1 mi | 36.8 | 10% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
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 Cérons
What is the population of Cérons?
2,126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,984).
How old are Cérons’ residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cérons?
20, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cérons?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 75 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cérons?
€26,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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