A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.3%
2% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Fewer single-parent households than in 95% of compared French towns: 6.1%. Cussay counted 571 residents and 250 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
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.
What stands out about the people of Cussay
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cussay, 15% of its 320 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 15% of homes are second homes
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 typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Cussay has 4.5%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more.
Cussay changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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
Over those years, the median Indre-et-Loire town changed +5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Cussay is over 46.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cussay 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 89% 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
The figure for couples with children is 28% in Cussay and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
€25,640 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 €25,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2%, a lower share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Cussay has 18%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.1%, a lower share than 90% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Cussay has 1.9%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 95% 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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Cussay ranks below 86% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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 account for 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th oldest of 41 French towns of 571 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Cussay is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cussay | 46.8 | 24% | 15% | 2.1% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 5.1 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 9.4 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 10.4 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Loches 6,234 · 12.3 mi | 54 | 34% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 14 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 15.5 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
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 Cussay
What is the population of Cussay?
571 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (580).
How old are Cussay’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cussay?
50, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cussay?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cussay?
€25,640 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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