Households without a car: 2.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
4.5% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Fewer flats than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.3%. The 2023 Census counted 1,203 residents in 550 households. Single-parent households account for 0.9%.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Ardon
Many graduates
59% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Empty homes
The census found 80 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.
Ardon grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 66% 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
The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loiret town +6%.
Half of Ardon is over 48.8, older than 78% 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
■ Ardon 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 80% of compared French towns: 29%
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Ardon has more couples with children than 65% of compared French towns, at 28%. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Ardon, 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 92% 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
Just over one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). In Ardon, 5.7% of homes are second homes.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €35,950 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.
The median standard of living in Ardon is €35,950 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 21%, a higher share than 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Ardon, 38%. Typically, 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).
Only 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Ardon
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. The census found that 3.7% of residents are immigrants in Ardon. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Ardon, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
In Ardon, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 59%, a higher share than 97% 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
Adults with no qualification: 6.5% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,203 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Ardon are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardon | 48.8 | 24% | 5.7% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Cyr-en-Val 3,467 · 4.7 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.6% | 7.5% |
| Olivet 23,507 · 5 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 2% | 9% |
| Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin 3,261 · 5.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Cléry-Saint-André 3,596 · 5.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| La Ferté-Saint-Aubin 7,284 · 6.1 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 3.5% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin 6,256 · 6.2 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Ardon
What is the population of Ardon?
1,203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,104).
How old are Ardon’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ardon?
38, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ardon?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ardon?
€35,950 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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