A town of second homes: 9.8% of its homes
By its share of households headed by a retired person (39%), Amboise is above 82% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 12,937 residents in the town, living in 6,140 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 23% locally. At 27%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 77% of compared French towns grew faster than Amboise: −2%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +5% for the median Indre-et-Loire town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A median age of 45: Amboise is older than 56% 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
■ Amboise 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 76% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Amboise comes in at 20%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Amboise ranks above 64% of compared French towns on households without a car: 14%
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 share of empty homes tops 65% of compared French towns: 8.1%. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Flats: nearly two fifths of the total.
€24,940 a year: the median standard of living
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 €24,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 17.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 15%, a higher share than 54% 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
The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Amboise. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 9.6%, a higher share than 69% 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.
Foreign nationals: 7.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 66% 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
Single residents: 25% of the total. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 21%
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (12,622 to 13,266 people), the 17th 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.
Ages run from 32.3 in Val-de-Reuil to 61.8 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.
Around Amboise, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amboise | 45 | 27% | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| Nazelles-Négron 3,776 · 2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| La Croix-en-Touraine 2,543 · 4.2 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 5.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Martin-le-Beau 3,216 · 5.2 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Bléré 5,352 · 5.9 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Athée-sur-Cher 2,855 · 6.9 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.5% | 2% |
| Vernou-sur-Brenne 2,870 · 7.1 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
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 Amboise
What is the population of Amboise?
12,937 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (13,157).
How old are Amboise’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Amboise?
740, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Amboise?
INSEE counts 1,240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 930 foreign nationals (7.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Amboise?
€24,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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