Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.2% in Pruniers, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.4% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. Pruniers’s 230 households held 496 residents at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in four here (24%).
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 Pruniers
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pruniers, 14% of its 340 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pruniers had 558 residents at the 2012 census and 496 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 67 homes empty (20%): 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: 20%
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
14% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
−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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre town −5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Half of Pruniers is over 45.7, older than 61% 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
■ Pruniers 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). Pruniers has more residents aged 65 and over than 52% of compared French towns, at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 2.2% in Pruniers, less than in 99% 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
For Pruniers, the census puts one-person households at 36%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Median living standard: €23,930 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 €23,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Pruniers ranks above 68% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 36%
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a third 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).
Pruniers ranks below 88% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.4%
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.
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Pruniers, less than in 79% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Pruniers. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pruniers
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Pruniers. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Pruniers, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruniers | 45.7 | 23% | 14% | 2.4% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 11.5 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 11.5 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 14.6 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 16.3 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 17.1 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 17.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
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 Pruniers
What is the population of Pruniers?
496 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (558).
How old are Pruniers’ residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pruniers?
48, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pruniers?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pruniers?
€23,930 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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