A median age of 57.4: La Ferté-Imbault is older than 97% of compared French towns
Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. At 2.3%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put La Ferté-Imbault’s population at 947, in 480 households. For La Ferté-Imbault, the census puts flats at 1.1%.
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 La Ferté-Imbault
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Ferté-Imbault, 15% of its 660 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Ferté-Imbault’s residents are under 57.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 78 homes empty (12%): 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: 15%, 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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 12%.
Since 2012, La Ferté-Imbault has changed by −4%, slower than 84% 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 Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
In La Ferté-Imbault, 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ La Ferté-Imbault 57.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 36%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 7.3% of households are single parents
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
One-person households: 41%, above 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
At the median, €25,600 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.
The median standard of living in La Ferté-Imbault is €25,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In La Ferté-Imbault, 48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 95% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 9.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Ferté-Imbault sits below 77% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.1%)
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.
With immigrants at 4.4%, La Ferté-Imbault is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 21% in La Ferté-Imbault, less than in 84% 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 46% in La Ferté-Imbault and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
La Ferté-Imbault ranks below 76% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 947 to 2,582
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.
La Ferté-Imbault is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-Imbault | 57.4 | 36% | 15% | 4.4% |
| Salbris 4,809 · 5.3 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 6.5% | 9.2% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 9.8 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 10.7 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 12.7 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 14.5 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Lamotte-Beuvron 4,504 · 15.1 mi | 51 | 31% | 3.6% | 4.7% |
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 La Ferté-Imbault
What is the population of La Ferté-Imbault?
947 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (986).
How old are La Ferté-Imbault’s residents?
The median age is 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Ferté-Imbault?
96, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Ferté-Imbault?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Ferté-Imbault?
€25,600 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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