Half of Chouday is over 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chouday counted 140 residents and 62 households at the 2023 Census. Here, a quarter of households are one person living alone. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of homes are second homes here.
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 Chouday
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chouday had 154 residents at the 2012 census and 140 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chouday’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −8%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chouday 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Chouday has 20%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
62 households; 25% are one person
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
11% of homes stand empty, more than in 82% 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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,050 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.
At €26,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 25%, a higher share than 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
About one in 12: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Chouday (8.3%). Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 33% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 34: 2.9% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
By its share of married residents (50%), Chouday is above 93% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Chouday sits below 71% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Chouday, about three in ten. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 140 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Chouday, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chouday | 51.5 | 20% | 7.9% | 2.9% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 4 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 10.6 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 16.2 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 16.3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 16.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 17.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
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 Chouday
What is the population of Chouday?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (154).
How old are Chouday’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chouday?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chouday?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chouday?
€26,050 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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