A median age of 59.9: Gehée is older than 98% of compared French towns
4.6% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across Gehée, 8% of households are couples with children. On households in social housing, Gehée sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 2.3%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 253, in 130 households.
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 Gehée
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gehée, 25% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Gehée’s residents are under 59.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 25%, 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
12% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 9.6% of households have no car. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Of all households, 5.5% moved in during the last two years and 40% have stayed three decades or more.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 83% 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
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 41%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gehée 59.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%), Gehée is below 98% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
4% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Gehée has fewer one-person households than 55% of compared French towns, at 34%.
€23,260 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,260 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Gehée sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.2%)
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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Gehée, 17%. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Gehée
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 lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%. In Gehée, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals. For comparison, 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.
Married residents: 53%, a higher share than 97% 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 single residents trails 91% of compared French towns: 20%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
31% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 253 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as old as Gehée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gehée | 59.9 | 41% | 25% | 3.6% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 6.7 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 11 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 13.5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 16.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 16.6 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 16.7 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
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 Gehée
What is the population of Gehée?
253 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (262).
How old are Gehée’s residents?
The median age is 59.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.6% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gehée?
51, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gehée?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gehée?
€23,260 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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