A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of households are single parents in Averdon. Census figures put empty homes at 3.4% locally. The median age here is 49.1, higher than in 79% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 677 people lived locally, in 310 households.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Averdon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Averdon had 713 residents at the 2012 census and 677 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Averdon changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, behind 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Averdon 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Averdon has 26%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 84% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 3.7% in Averdon, less than in 96% 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
Of all households, 3.5% moved in during the last two years and 34% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of homes are second homes in Averdon.
A median standard of living of €28,510 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 €28,510 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 78% 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
For Averdon, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, 9.6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Averdon ranks below 77% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In Averdon, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Averdon ranks below 58% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 677 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Averdon sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Averdon | 49.1 | 26% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 4.2 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 5.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Blois 47,219 · 6.6 mi | 39 | 20% | 4.3% | 19% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 7.9 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 3,180 · 8.5 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1% | 5.2% |
| Mer 6,250 · 9.8 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 4.9% | 10% |
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 Averdon
What is the population of Averdon?
677 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (713).
How old are Averdon’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Averdon?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Averdon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Averdon?
€28,510 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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