Azay-le-Ferron is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.3
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Azay-le-Ferron comes in at 2.3%. This Indre town is home to 817 residents in 430 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in six here (16%). At 4.5%, the share of flats is lower than in 96% 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 Azay-le-Ferron
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Azay-le-Ferron, 22% of its 650 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Azay-le-Ferron’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Azay-le-Ferron had 869 residents at the 2012 census and 817 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 22%, a higher share than 94% 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
In the last two years, 9.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 78% of compared French towns. By contrast, with empty homes at 11%, Azay-le-Ferron is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count.
Slower growth than 91% of compared French towns: Azay-le-Ferron changed by −6% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Azay-le-Ferron, more than in 92% 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
■ Azay-le-Ferron 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%, Azay-le-Ferron is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns, at 7%
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
In Azay-le-Ferron, 45% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,330 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.
Living standards centre on €22,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Azay-le-Ferron ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 57%
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%). 2.3% of Azay-le-Ferron’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 57% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Azay-le-Ferron, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 76% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Azay-le-Ferron ranks below 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Azay-le-Ferron. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 817 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Azay-le-Ferron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Azay-le-Ferron
What is the population of Azay-le-Ferron?
817 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (869).
How old are Azay-le-Ferron’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azay-le-Ferron?
140, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azay-le-Ferron?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azay-le-Ferron?
€22,330 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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