A town of second homes: 22% of its homes
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Sougé, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.8%. The town had 140 residents in 68 households at the 2023 census. By its share of households headed by a retired person (42%), Sougé is above 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 Sougé
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sougé, 22% of its 110 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sougé had 150 residents at the 2012 census and 140 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Sougé, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 6.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 92% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Indre.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 27% 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
■ Sougé 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Sougé is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
In Sougé, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. There is little gap on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €22,940 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €22,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
Sougé sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.3%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sougé ranks below 67% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
The census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Sougé. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 59% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 140 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Sougé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sougé | 47 | 27% | 22% | 2.3% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 5.7 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 5.9 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 8.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 12.8 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Déols 7,600 · 13.3 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 14.6 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 Sougé
What is the population of Sougé?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (150).
How old are Sougé’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sougé?
23, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sougé?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sougé?
€22,940 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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