Half of Gargilesse-Dampierre is over 64.3, older than 99% of compared French towns
Here 1.6% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are couples with children. On households headed by a retired person, Gargilesse-Dampierre sits higher than 95% of compared French towns: 47%. This Indre town had 262 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census.
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 Gargilesse-Dampierre
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gargilesse-Dampierre, 45% of its 310 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Gargilesse-Dampierre’s residents are under 64.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gargilesse-Dampierre had 304 residents at the 2012 census and 262 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 45% in Gargilesse-Dampierre, more than in 97% 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
Here 7.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 3.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−14% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre town −5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Gargilesse-Dampierre sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (49%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gargilesse-Dampierre 64.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Gargilesse-Dampierre has 6.1%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
One-person households: 43%, a higher share than 80% 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
The average household has 1.8 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,530 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 Gargilesse-Dampierre is €23,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 10%
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 Gargilesse-Dampierre, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 8.8% in Gargilesse-Dampierre, more than in 77% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Gargilesse-Dampierre, the census puts immigrants at 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Gargilesse-Dampierre, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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 share of married residents tops just over two thirds of compared French towns: 45%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Gargilesse-Dampierre
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Gargilesse-Dampierre (20%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 262 to 2,582 people
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 64.3 in Gargilesse-Dampierre.
Gargilesse-Dampierre and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargilesse-Dampierre | 64.3 | 49% | 45% | 10% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 6.8 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 Gargilesse-Dampierre
What is the population of Gargilesse-Dampierre?
262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (304).
How old are Gargilesse-Dampierre’s residents?
The median age is 64.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.3% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gargilesse-Dampierre?
140, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gargilesse-Dampierre?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gargilesse-Dampierre?
€23,530 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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