Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Cléré-du-Bois is over 56.3
In Cléré-du-Bois, 0.5% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 239, in 120 households. 35% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Cléré-du-Bois
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cléré-du-Bois, 15% of its 200 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 96% 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
Cléré-du-Bois had 276 residents at the 2012 census and 239 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cléré-du-Bois’ residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 49 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
25% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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, 5.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 36% have stayed 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 91% of compared French towns. At the same time, 7.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
−13% since 2012: slower than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −11%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%.
In Cléré-du-Bois, 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Cléré-du-Bois 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 36%, Cléré-du-Bois is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
In Cléré-du-Bois, 13% of households are single parents, more than in 87% of compared French towns
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
With one-person households at 32%, Cléré-du-Bois is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Couples with children account for 20%. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,700 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 Cléré-du-Bois is €23,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Cléré-du-Bois sits below 58% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (31%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.7% in Cléré-du-Bois, less than in 66% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Cléré-du-Bois has 3%. 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.
Only 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Cléré-du-Bois
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Cléré-du-Bois, 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Adults with no qualification: 25%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (239 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Cléré-du-Bois is older than every town around it
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 Cléré-du-Bois
What is the population of Cléré-du-Bois?
239 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (276).
How old are Cléré-du-Bois’ residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cléré-du-Bois?
30, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cléré-du-Bois?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cléré-du-Bois?
€23,700 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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