Tendu ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.3%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Tendu has 4.3%. 650 residents in 280 households: that is Tendu at the 2023 Census. In Tendu, 1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 5.8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 82% 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 Tendu
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tendu, 19% of its 380 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 19% of its homes
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
6.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.1% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
Tendu changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 57% 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%.
Only 19% of residents are 65 or over in Tendu
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tendu 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Tendu is 42.4, lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Tendu, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
In Tendu, 28% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Tendu sits higher than 61% of compared French towns: 11%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,880 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.
At €24,880 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Tendu: 32% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
25% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). As a yardstick, 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).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, below 83% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
In Tendu, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Tendu. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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: nearly a fifth of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 650 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Tendu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendu | 42.4 | 19% | 19% | 2.9% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 5.3 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 10.8 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 11.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 12.3 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 13.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 13.8 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
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 Tendu
What is the population of Tendu?
650 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (631).
How old are Tendu’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tendu?
72, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tendu?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tendu?
€24,880 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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