39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 2.2%, Dierre is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.4% here. 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 645 people lived locally, in 260 households.
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 Dierre
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 1.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 75% 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
The first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
A median age of 39.6: Dierre is younger than 81% 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
■ Dierre 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Dierre, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 96% 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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Dierre. Households here average 2.5 people each. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 4.4% of its 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 18% who have been there 30 years or more.
The median resident lives on €26,530 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,530 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Dierre ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 19%. The usual figure: 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
In Dierre, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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 41% in Dierre and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Dierre sits below 82% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 33%, above three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 645 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Dierre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dierre | 39.6 | 15% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| La Croix-en-Touraine 2,543 · 1.9 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 5.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Martin-le-Beau 3,216 · 2.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Athée-sur-Cher 2,855 · 2.7 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.5% | 2% |
| Bléré 5,352 · 2.7 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Amboise 12,937 · 4.4 mi | 45 | 27% | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| Azay-sur-Cher 3,243 · 5.3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
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 Dierre
What is the population of Dierre?
645 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (576).
How old are Dierre’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dierre?
14, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dierre?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dierre?
€26,530 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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