Gidy: 37% of households are couples with children, above 95% of compared French towns
The median age in Gidy is 39.7, lower than in 81% of compared French towns. The town counted 2,084 residents and 820 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 2.3% of the total. By its share of flats (1.4%), Gidy is below 99% of compared French towns.
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 Gidy
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Gidy had 1,647 residents at the 2012 census and 2,084 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Gidy has grown +27%, faster than 95% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loiret town +6%. The change was +22% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 90% 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
■ Gidy 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
18% of Gidy’s residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Loiret town and 22% in the median compared French town; 26% are under 18. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Gidy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 19%
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 average 2.6 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Fewer single-parent households than in 58% of compared French towns: 9.5%.
Gidy sits below 96% of compared French towns for households in social housing (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
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
5.9% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Of all households, 9.9% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more.
A median of €29,850 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,850 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. 5.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Only 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Gidy
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 19%, Gidy is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. For Gidy, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.9%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, below 76% 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.
In Gidy, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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 the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 53% and 11%, and 4% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 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
In Gidy, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,084 to 2,582
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).
Older than Gidy: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gidy | 39.7 | 18% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Ormes 4,376 · 3.1 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Saran 17,316 · 3.6 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Chevilly 2,663 · 3.8 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 3.1% | 6.6% |
| Ingré 10,062 · 4.4 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais 21,804 · 5.1 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.2% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle 16,768 · 5.3 mi | 39 | 19% | 1.7% | 21% |
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 Gidy
What is the population of Gidy?
2,084 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (1,647).
How old are Gidy’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gidy?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gidy?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gidy?
€29,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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