1.3% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In Tranzault, 3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 15 to 24, Tranzault sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 6.6%. This Indre town counted 349 residents and 170 households at the 2023 Census. For Tranzault, the census puts households in social housing at 4.1%.
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 Tranzault
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tranzault, 16% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 16%, a higher share than 91% 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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Empty homes account for 13%. Fewer households without a car than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
Tranzault’s population changed by +5% since 2012, more than in 52% 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
Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 82% 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
■ Tranzault 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.6, Tranzault is older than 73% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
In Tranzault, 20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 73% 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
Average household size: 2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Tranzault has more one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 39%. Just over one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%.
At the median, €24,530 a year to live on
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 €24,530 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 87% of compared French towns: 24%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.2% in Tranzault, less than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. On the census count, 0.9% 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 96% 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
The figure for married residents is 39% in Tranzault and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Tranzault
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 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 349 to 2,582 people
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).
Around Tranzault, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tranzault | 47.6 | 28% | 16% | 1.2% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 7.3 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 8.1 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 11.9 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 14.4 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Déols 7,600 · 16.1 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 16.1 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
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 Tranzault
What is the population of Tranzault?
349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (331).
How old are Tranzault’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tranzault?
38, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tranzault?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tranzault?
€24,530 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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