A median age of 61.6: Aigurande is older than 99% of compared French towns
2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Aigurande had 1,321 residents in 730 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 14% of households are couples with children. Flats are rarer here than in 80% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Aigurande
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aigurande, 13% of its 1,060 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Aigurande’s residents are under 61.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aigurande had 1,521 residents at the 2012 census and 1,321 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.4% moved in within the last two years. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 90% of compared French towns: 13%. Add to that, the figure for households without a car is 16% in Aigurande and 11% in the typical compared French town.
−13% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then −7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aigurande 61.6. The median compared French town: 44.
5.9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Aigurande sits above 91% of compared French towns for one-person households (48%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.7 people. At 6.1%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,790 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 median standard of living in Aigurande is €22,790 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Aigurande: 49% of households are headed by a retired person, above 96% 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
Here 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.8% of residents are immigrants in Aigurande
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 has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Aigurande (3.4%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Aigurande
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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Aigurande, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, a third of adults out of school have no qualification here. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Aigurande is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigurande | 61.6 | 43% | 13% | 3.8% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 12 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 17.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
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 Aigurande
What is the population of Aigurande?
1,321 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (1,521).
How old are Aigurande’s residents?
The median age is 61.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aigurande?
140, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aigurande?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aigurande?
€22,790 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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