Photo: Floppy36 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Déols is over 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Déols. Couples with children: 20% of the total. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 19% of households rent social housing (HLM). Census day 2023: 7,600 residents and 3,590 households in the town.
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 Déols
Fewer residents than in 2012
Déols had 8,062 residents at the 2012 census and 7,600 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Déols has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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
Over those years, the median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then +1% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Déols 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Déols. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 57% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Households here average 2 people each. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 9.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Déols ranks below 71% of compared French towns on flats: 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
On second homes, 1.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 6.1%, fewer than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.9% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more.
A median standard of living of €24,970 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 €24,970 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns. 13.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
In Déols, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 71% 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
In Déols, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Déols ranks below 61% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.3%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.5%). As a reference point, 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.
Déols: 44% of residents 15 and over are married, above 58% 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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Déols. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 44% and 5.6%, and 7.8% are widowed.
Déols ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,499 to 7,706 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Maixent-l'École (35.5), the youngest, and Crozon (57.1), the oldest.
Around Déols, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Déols | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 2 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 4.5 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 7.8 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 8.5 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 10.9 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
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 Déols
What is the population of Déols?
7,600 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (8,062).
How old are Déols’ residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Déols?
48, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Déols?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Déols?
€24,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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