Only 2.7% of households have no car in Meunet-Planches
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Meunet-Planches, 40%. Locally, 27% of households are one person living alone. The median age locally is 48, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Meunet-Planches
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Meunet-Planches, 16% of its 110 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Meunet-Planches had 191 residents at the 2012 census and 166 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Meunet-Planches ranks above 98% of compared French towns on empty homes: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Meunet-Planches has 16%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Meunet-Planches’s population moved −13% on 2012, less than in 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
The median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 74% 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
■ Meunet-Planches 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Standard of living at the median: €29,900 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.
Half of Meunet-Planches’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,900 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
In Meunet-Planches, 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 98% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
Meunet-Planches ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.6%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Meunet-Planches
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Meunet-Planches is above 62% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Meunet-Planches, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
With graduates of higher education at 22%, Meunet-Planches is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (166 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Meunet-Planches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meunet-Planches | 48 | 18% | 16% | 0.6% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 7.6 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 9.3 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Déols 7,600 · 12.2 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 12.5 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 12.6 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 15 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
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 Meunet-Planches
What is the population of Meunet-Planches?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (191).
How old are Meunet-Planches’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meunet-Planches?
18, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meunet-Planches?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meunet-Planches?
€29,900 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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