Half of Mouhers is over 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns
Flats: 1.8%, below 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Mouhers was home to 201 people in 110 households. Couples with children: 16% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 87% 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 Mouhers
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mouhers, 12% of its 170 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Mouhers’ residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mouhers had 244 residents at the 2012 census and 201 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 37 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 22%, a higher share than 99% 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
By its share of second homes (12%), Mouhers is above 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. 9.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Mouhers changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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, −12%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouhers 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Mouhers, 33%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.9% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€22,910 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 €22,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Mouhers, more than in 87% 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. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Mouhers, 1.6%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% 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.
In Mouhers, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 74% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 14%, a lower share than 98% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Mouhers. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 201 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Mouhers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouhers | 57.6 | 33% | 12% | 1.6% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 9.9 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 12.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 12.6 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 14.7 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 17.3 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
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 Mouhers
What is the population of Mouhers?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (244).
How old are Mouhers’ residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouhers?
21, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouhers?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouhers?
€22,910 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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