A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Pouillé has 2%. About one in 19: that is how common single-parent households are in Pouillé (5.4%). Households without a car are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 774 residents and 360 households in the town.
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 Pouillé
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 94 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pouillé, 20% of its 460 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Pouillé’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouillé had 811 residents at the 2012 census and 774 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Pouillé, 20% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.4% (under two years). For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Slower growth than 87% of compared French towns: Pouillé changed by −5% since 2012
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 change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Half of Pouillé is over 51.5, older than 88% 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
■ Pouillé 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Pouillé, 27%. For Pouillé, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 53% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 35% of households are one person living alone.
€24,930 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Pouillé is €24,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Pouillé sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.2%)
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 retired person make up 42%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. At 25%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 96% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, below 80% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 68% of compared French towns: 2.8%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A higher share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
Single residents: 23%, below 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pouillé
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: nearly a fifth of the total. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 774 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Pouillé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouillé | 51.5 | 27% | 20% | 3.2% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 5 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 5.1 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 5.8 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 2,710 · 7.4 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 9.2 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 3.4% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 13.3 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 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 Pouillé
What is the population of Pouillé?
774 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (811).
How old are Pouillé’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouillé?
94, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouillé?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouillé?
€24,930 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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