Households without a car: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Nearly a fifth of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%. At 6.3%, the share of second homes is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. There were 74 households in Gombergean at the 2023 Census, home to 167 residents.
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 Gombergean
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gombergean had 191 residents at the 2012 census and 167 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gombergean’s population moved −13% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −11% to 2023. Over those years, the median Loir-et-Cher town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 48.5: Gombergean is older than 77% 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
■ Gombergean 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Gombergean has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
11% of homes stand empty, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 6.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €27,050 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 €27,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Gombergean, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 79% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Gombergean comes in at 6.3%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (31%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gombergean sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.1%)
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 74% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Census figures put married residents at 42% in Gombergean. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 9.2% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Gombergean has 22%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 167 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.
Gombergean sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gombergean | 48.5 | 14% | 6.3% | 1.1% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 9 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 10.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Veuzain-sur-Loire 3,333 · 11.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 11.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 11.3 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Blois 47,219 · 11.8 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 Gombergean
What is the population of Gombergean?
167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (191).
How old are Gombergean’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gombergean?
6, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gombergean?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gombergean?
€27,050 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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