More couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
By its share of flats (8.5%), Esvres is below 89% of compared French towns. Households without a car are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 6,294 residents and 2,490 households here. On the census count, 4.2% of homes stand empty.
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 Esvres
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Esvres had 4,922 residents at the 2012 census and 6,294 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+28% since 2012, a pace 96% 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
The median Indre-et-Loire town changed +5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +22% and the next six +5%.
Only 19% of residents are 65 or over in Esvres
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esvres 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Esvres has 9.2%. With a median age of 42, Esvres is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Here 8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 55% of compared French towns: 11%
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
2% of homes are second homes. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,400 a year
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 €28,400 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns. 7.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, a higher share than 71% 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 share of households headed by a manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Esvres ranks below 72% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.5%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%. In Esvres, 4.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Esvres has 21%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Esvres ranks below 75% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
36% of Esvres’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 6,234 to 6,367
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Pont-de-Chéruy (33.9), the youngest, and Fleurance (54.3), the oldest.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Esvres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esvres | 42 | 19% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Veigné 6,865 · 2.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Montbazon 4,874 · 3.7 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.9% |
| Azay-sur-Cher 3,243 · 4.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Véretz 4,644 · 4.5 mi | 44 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.3% |
| Larçay 2,657 · 5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 2.1% | 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 Esvres
What is the population of Esvres?
6,294 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (4,922).
How old are Esvres’ residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esvres?
53, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esvres?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esvres?
€28,400 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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