Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0Guérigny ranks below 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5%
The median age in Guérigny is 48.2, higher than in 75% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,505, in 1,200 households. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten homes stand empty. A fifth of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Guérigny: −3%
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 population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%.
Guérigny sits above 72% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guérigny 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Guérigny sits above 74% of compared French towns for one-person households (41%)
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
7.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
In Guérigny, 22% of homes are flats, fewer than in 64% 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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. At 15%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. On second homes, 2.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,140 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 €24,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Some 13.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 79% 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
Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 5% of Guérigny’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 38% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Guérigny comes in at 0.5%. The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Guérigny ranks below 86% of compared French towns on married residents: 36%
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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,505 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).
Guérigny sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guérigny | 48.2 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 5.5 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 5.7 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 6.1 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 7.1 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 7.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 8.6 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
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 Guérigny
What is the population of Guérigny?
2,505 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,577).
How old are Guérigny’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guérigny?
39, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guérigny?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guérigny?
€24,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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