Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of La Buxerette is over 57.5
3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Here, 64% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 103 residents and 59 households in La Buxerette.
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 La Buxerette
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Buxerette, 19% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of La Buxerette’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (28%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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 without a car: 7.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a fifth of homes are second homes in La Buxerette.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
In La Buxerette, 3.2% 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
■ La Buxerette 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 34%, La Buxerette is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 81% 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
On average, 1.8 people share a household. At 9.1%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here 36% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% 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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in La Buxerette (9.1%). Against that, 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).
La Buxerette sits below 93% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.1%)
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.
Here 3.2% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 34% in La Buxerette, less than in 93% 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
Single residents: 29% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (32%), La Buxerette is above 95% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 103 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 La Buxerette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Buxerette | 57.5 | 34% | 19% | 3.2% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 10.4 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 14.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 17.2 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
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 La Buxerette
What is the population of La Buxerette?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (105).
How old are La Buxerette’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 8.4% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Buxerette?
21, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Buxerette?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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