La Guerche is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.4
In La Guerche, 0.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The town had 174 residents in 92 households at the 2023 census. Half of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 La Guerche
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Guerche, 35% of its 170 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of La Guerche’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Guerche had 189 residents at the 2012 census and 174 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
The share of empty homes is 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.5% of households have no car in La Guerche. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: La Guerche changed by −8% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
31% of residents are 65 or over, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Guerche 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.1% in La Guerche and 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in 65% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,230 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 €21,230 a year: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of La Guerche’s residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; La Guerche has 47%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
La Guerche sits below 87% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, La Guerche is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 174 to 2,582
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.
Older than La Guerche: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Guerche | 54.4 | 31% | 35% | 6.3% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 6.5 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 6.6 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 10.1 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 12.6 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 14.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 16.1 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
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 La Guerche
What is the population of La Guerche?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (189).
How old are La Guerche’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Guerche?
59, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Guerche?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Guerche?
€21,230 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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