48.2median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%

One-person households make up 21%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 480 households in Ouches at the 2023 Census, home to 1,138 residents. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.9% locally.

+3%residents since 2012 27%aged 65 or older 2.9%immigrants 480households

Throughout this page, the Loire 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.

Population

+3% since 2012, a pace below 59% 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.

Census 2012

1,110

residents

Census 2017

1,158

residents

Census 2023

1,138

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Ouches+3%

Loire median+3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Ouches−2%

Loire median+2%

France median+2%

Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −2% to 2023.

Ages

Half of Ouches is over 48.2, older than 76% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

Under 1518%

15 to 246.8%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6427%

65 and over27%

of whom 80 and over5.8%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Ouches 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.

Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Ouches

Loire median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

Couples with children make up 31% in Ouches, more than in 80% 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.

One person 21%Couple, no children 40%Couple with children 31%Single parent 8.4%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Loire median and the France median

Ouches

Loire median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

One-person households21%

Residents 65+ living alone21%

0%20%40%

Each household has 2.4 people on average. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 8.4% of households are single parents. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%

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

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

Main residences93%

Second homes1.4%

Empty5.7%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Ouches

Loire median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

No car2.3%

One car33%

Two or more65%

0%40%80%

Some 3.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 32% who have been there 30 years or more. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.

Income

A median of €27,000 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.

Median standard of living

€27,000

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Loire €25,635 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

At €27,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

43% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach

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

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

Retired43%

Managers and professionals15%

Intermediate occupations7.3%

Clerical and service workers9.4%

Manual workers18%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners4.2%

Farmers1.1%

Others not working2.1%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

6.3%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

480

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Households headed by a manager or professional make up 15%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Ouches ranks below 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.2%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.9% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.2% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

Immigrants2.9%

Foreign nationals1.2%

0%5%10%

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.

2.9% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single

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

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

Married52%

In a civil partnership (PACS)13%

Living together, unmarried9.6%

Single15%

Divorced4.5%

Widowed5.8%

0%30%60%

Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.

Qualifications

In Ouches, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns

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

OuchesLoire medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)17%

Brevet4.6%

CAP or BEP (vocational)31%

Baccalauréat19%

Bac+212%

Bac+3 or bac+49%

Bac+5 or more7.6%

0%20%40%

In Ouches, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 15th 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.

Ouches 48.2

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).

Neighbors

Ouches and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

VillerestRiorgesCommelle-VernayRoanneRenaisonLe CoteauOuches

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Ouches	48.2	27%	1.4%	2.9%
Villerest 5,172 · 2.3 mi	48.5	28%	1.9%	6.1%
Riorges 11,139 · 3.2 mi	48.7	29%	1.3%	5.1%
Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 3.3 mi	49	27%	1%	3.5%
Roanne 35,409 · 4 mi	45	27%	3.1%	14%
Renaison 3,231 · 4 mi	50.3	31%	3.4%	2.2%
Le Coteau 6,845 · 4.5 mi	54.7	36%	1.6%	6.8%

More about Ouches

Health, work, housing and schools

Health A⁺Deaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute B⁻Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living A⁻Home prices, rents, owning and renting Schools B⁻Collèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Ouches

What is the population of Ouches?

1,138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,110).

How old are Ouches’ residents?

The median age is 48.2, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Ouches?

7, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Ouches?

INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Ouches?

€27,000 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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