0.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 88% of compared French towns: 27%. Guilly counted 234 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census. 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 34. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 45% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Guilly
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Guilly, 11% of its 160 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Guilly’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Guilly had 247 residents at the 2012 census and 234 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten homes are second homes, more than in 89% of compared French towns. By its share of households without a car (2.9%), Guilly is below 99% of compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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
Guilly is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guilly 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.5%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Guilly ranks below 81% of compared French towns on couples with children: 18%
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 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 65% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,610 a year in 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.
The median standard of living in Guilly is €24,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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 make up 14%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.4%, a lower share than 78% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.1%, Guilly is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
With married residents at 47%, Guilly is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Guilly, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 234 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).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Guilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilly | 52.6 | 29% | 11% | 3.4% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 9.3 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 12.6 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 15.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 15.3 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 16 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 16.6 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
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 Guilly
What is the population of Guilly?
234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (247).
How old are Guilly’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guilly?
17, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guilly?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guilly?
€24,610 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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