A lower share of flats than 96% of compared French towns, at 4.7%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Cellettes comes in at 3.7%. The census found that 7% of households are single parents in the town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.8% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,715, in 1,200 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.
+12% since 2012, a pace 74% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Loir-et-Cher.
Cellettes ranks below 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cellettes 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cellettes’s residents are over 48, older than in 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Cellettes, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 86% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Cellettes has 27%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Cellettes sits above 78% of compared French towns for second homes (5.4%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.1%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €29,490 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,490 a year: higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Some 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Cellettes sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.1%)
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 12% in Cellettes.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 2.2%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 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 20% in Cellettes, less than in 91% 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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Cellettes ranks below 92% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,682 to 2,749
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Capinghem is the youngest (38.3); Piriac-sur-Mer the oldest (63.6).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Cellettes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellettes | 48 | 27% | 5.4% | 4% |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 3,180 · 3.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1% | 5.2% |
| Cour-Cheverny 2,831 · 3.6 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 7.8% | 2.7% |
| Chailles 2,726 · 3.6 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Mont-près-Chambord 3,386 · 3.9 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 4.6% | 3% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 4.2 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Blois 47,219 · 5.5 mi | 39 | 20% | 4.3% | 19% |
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 Cellettes
What is the population of Cellettes?
2,715 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (2,431).
How old are Cellettes’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cellettes?
74, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cellettes?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cellettes?
€29,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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