1.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 6.6%, Autry-le-Châtel is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. Still, this Loiret town has more single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 13%. At the 2023 Census Autry-le-Châtel was home to 845 people in 410 households. 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 14.
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 Autry-le-Châtel
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Autry-le-Châtel, 11% of its 550 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Autry-le-Châtel had 1,011 residents at the 2012 census and 845 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 79 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Autry-le-Châtel’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 14% in Autry-le-Châtel, more than in 94% 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 are second homes (Loiret median 2.4%, France median 2.1%) and 14% are empty (6.7%). For Autry-le-Châtel, the census puts households in social housing at 6.5%.
Autry-le-Châtel’s population moved −16% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 those years, the median Loiret town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 50.8: Autry-le-Châtel is older than 85% 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
■ Autry-le-Châtel 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Autry-le-Châtel has 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 70% of compared French towns: 21%
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
One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
€25,590 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 Autry-le-Châtel is €25,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 68% 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
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 56% of compared French towns: 8.5%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Autry-le-Châtel.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 89% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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 Loiret has 9.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 3.2%.
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 91% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Autry-le-Châtel has 20%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 845 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Autry-le-Châtel, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autry-le-Châtel | 50.8 | 26% | 11% | 3.2% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 6.8 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Gien 13,459 · 6.9 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
| Briare 4,911 · 7 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère 5,451 · 10.8 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 13.5 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 15.8 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
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 Autry-le-Châtel
What is the population of Autry-le-Châtel?
845 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (1,011).
How old are Autry-le-Châtel’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Autry-le-Châtel?
59, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Autry-le-Châtel?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Autry-le-Châtel?
€25,590 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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