Empty homes make up 3.8% in Fondettes, less than in 90% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Fondettes comes in at 27%. Here, 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker. With a median age of 48.3, Fondettes is older than 76% of compared French towns. This Indre-et-Loire town counted 10,954 residents and 4,700 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 59% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +5% in Indre-et-Loire.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 74% 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
■ Fondettes 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of couples with children than 59% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Households average 2.3 people. Lower than in 60% of compared French towns: 9.4% of households are single parents. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
6.8% of households have no car, below 75% 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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Fondettes has 14%. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Flats come to 18% locally, about two in ten. Few places have so few second homes: 1.6% here, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €31,850 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 6.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person in Fondettes. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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 make up 2.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 51%
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: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 44% in Fondettes, more than in 86% of compared French towns
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Fondettes. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 10,759 to 11,139 people: this is the 9th 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.
Chanteloup-les-Vignes is the youngest (33.7); Arcachon the oldest (67.4).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fondettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fondettes | 48.3 | 26% | 1.6% | 4.3% |
| La Riche 10,487 · 2.5 mi | 38.3 | 20% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 17,029 · 2.6 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Luynes 5,062 · 2.7 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 2.6% | 3.6% |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille 3,290 · 2.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 4% |
| Tours 139,259 · 4 mi | 34.8 | 19% | 3.8% | 12% |
| Ballan-Miré 8,477 · 4.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 4.8% |
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 Fondettes
What is the population of Fondettes?
10,954 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (10,235).
How old are Fondettes’ residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fondettes?
82, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fondettes?
INSEE counts 470 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fondettes?
€31,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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