In Avoine, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are couples with children in Avoine. At the 2023 Census, 2,067 people lived in the town, in 970 households. 4.2% of its homes are second homes; 3.6% of residents are immigrants. Compared with other places, households in social housing are common here: 19%, more than in 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.
Faster growth than 80% of compared French towns: Avoine changed by +14% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +19%.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Avoine is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avoine 46.3. 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 Avoine comes in at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 60% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up 9.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 20%, a lower share than 67% 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
In the last two years, 16% of households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. On households without a car, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,930 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.
Living standards centre on €24,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Avoine has 17%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Avoine
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 make up 2.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 81% 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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Avoine and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Avoine. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,067 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Avoine: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoine | 46.3 | 24% | 4.2% | 3.6% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 0.9 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Bourgueil 3,631 · 5.2 mi | 52 | 31% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
| Allonnes 2,911 · 9.9 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 3.7% | 2.3% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 11.7 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Langeais 4,367 · 12.8 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 2.5% | 5.6% |
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 Avoine
What is the population of Avoine?
2,067 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,811).
How old are Avoine’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avoine?
45, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avoine?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avoine?
€24,930 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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