Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of households have no car in Isdes. On the census count, 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in 90% of compared French towns: 14% of households are single parents. At the 2023 Census, 524 people lived in the town, in 260 households.
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 Isdes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Isdes, 17% of its 350 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Isdes had 552 residents at the 2012 census and 524 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes in Isdes are second homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years). Empty homes are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Isdes’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Isdes is over 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Isdes 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.4% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
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%.
One-person households make up 41% in Isdes, more than in 74% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,780 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.
At €25,780 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Isdes sits above 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 29% of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Isdes
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Isdes comes in at 3.4%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Isdes, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 66% 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
Across Isdes, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Isdes has 15%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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.
Isdes is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isdes | 46.2 | 21% | 17% | 3.4% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 8.1 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
| Lamotte-Beuvron 4,504 · 11.7 mi | 51 | 31% | 3.6% | 4.7% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 12.5 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Loire 8,546 · 13.8 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.3% |
| Jargeau 4,610 · 14.6 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.6% |
| La Ferté-Saint-Aubin 7,284 · 15 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 3.5% | 4.2% |
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 Isdes
What is the population of Isdes?
524 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (552).
How old are Isdes’ residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Isdes?
57, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Isdes?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Isdes?
€25,780 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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