A median age of 56.9: Pommiers is older than 96% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Pommiers has 1%. The 2023 Census counted 237 residents in 130 households. 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% 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 Pommiers
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pommiers, 24% of its 210 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Pommiers’ residents are under 56.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pommiers had 274 residents at the 2012 census and 237 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pommiers sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (24%)
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
One household in nine has no car (median compared French town: 11%). As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 14% of the total.
Pommiers’s population moved −14% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%. The first five years brought −18%; the six to 2023, +6%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pommiers 56.9. The median compared French town: 44.
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
In Pommiers, 15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 90% 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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Pommiers has 42%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €22,500 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.
Living standards centre on €22,500 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Pommiers has 35%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.2% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.2% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Pommiers. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pommiers
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pommiers.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 237 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Pommiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pommiers | 56.9 | 35% | 24% | 7.2% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 7.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 16.1 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 17.2 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 17.5 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
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 Pommiers
What is the population of Pommiers?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (274).
How old are Pommiers’ residents?
The median age is 56.9, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pommiers?
49, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pommiers?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (7.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pommiers?
€22,500 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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