A median age of 58.4: Orsennes is older than 97% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Orsennes has 64%. This Indre town had 696 residents in 360 households at the 2023 census. The share of flats stands at 1.3%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 2.9%, fewer than in 94% 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 Orsennes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orsennes, 18% of its 600 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Orsennes’ residents are under 58.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Orsennes had 785 residents at the 2012 census and 696 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 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.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
The share of second homes is 18%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.4% moved in within the last two years. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 9.8% of households have no car.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%.
Orsennes sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orsennes 58.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 38%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Orsennes has 1.3%. Few places have as many one-person households: 43% here, more than in four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Each household has 1.8 people on average.
€20,840 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.
Half of Orsennes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,840 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.4% in Orsennes, less than in 99% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 75% of compared French towns: 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%. For Orsennes, the census puts immigrants at 4.7%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% 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
Across Orsennes, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 696 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Orsennes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orsennes | 58.4 | 38% | 18% | 4.7% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 11 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 15.4 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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 Orsennes
What is the population of Orsennes?
696 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (785).
How old are Orsennes’ residents?
The median age is 58.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orsennes?
110, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orsennes?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orsennes?
€20,840 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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