Sougé is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Sougé had 484 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census. For Sougé, the census puts flats at 1.5%. By its share of single-parent households (6.4%), Sougé is below 94% of compared French towns.
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 Sougé
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sougé, 21% of its 330 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Sougé’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sougé ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 21%
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
The share of households without a car is 6.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Sougé, the census puts empty homes at 8.5%.
From 2012 to 2023, 65% of compared French towns grew faster than Sougé: +1%
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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Sougé sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sougé 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of Sougé’s residents are 65 or older, against 30% in the median Loir-et-Cher town and 22% in the median compared French town; 17% are under 18. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
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%.
35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 53% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Sougé sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,430 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,430 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. For Sougé, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Foreign nationals account for 1.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Sougé sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Sougé. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Sougé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sougé | 53.1 | 28% | 21% | 2.9% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 6.3 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 10.2 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 15 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Montval-sur-Loir 5,641 · 15.5 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 5.9% | 3% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 15.5 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 16.3 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
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 Sougé
What is the population of Sougé?
484 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (478).
How old are Sougé’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sougé?
72, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sougé?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sougé?
€25,430 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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