Genillé ranks below 98% of compared French towns on flats: 3.3%
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 45% of households are headed by a retired person here. In Genillé, 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24. Empty homes are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,503 people lived here, in 750 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 Genillé
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Genillé, 12% of its 950 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Genillé had 1,624 residents at the 2012 census and 1,503 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Genillé’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Genillé, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town.
Genillé changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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, −1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
A median age of 51.7: Genillé is older than 88% 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
■ Genillé 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children
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 average household has 2 people. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Genillé sits higher than 71% of compared French towns: 40%. Single-parent households: 11% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,670 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
In Genillé, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 82% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Genillé has 17%. The usual figure: 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).
Genillé ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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: 1.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Genillé
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
With married residents at 46%, Genillé is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 82% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 61% of compared French towns: 21%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,503 to 2,582 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Genillé are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genillé | 51.7 | 30% | 12% | 1.9% |
| Loches 6,234 · 6.5 mi | 54 | 34% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 2,710 · 9.5 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Bléré 5,352 · 10.8 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 12.1 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| La Croix-en-Touraine 2,543 · 12.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 5.1% | 2.6% |
| Athée-sur-Cher 2,855 · 13.1 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.5% | 2% |
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 Genillé
What is the population of Genillé?
1,503 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,624).
How old are Genillé’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genillé?
110, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genillé?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genillé?
€24,670 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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